“Punishment is the last and least effective instrument in the hands of the legislator for the prevention of crime.”— John Ruskin, Notes on the General Principles of Employment for the Destitute and Criminal Classes (1868)Share
“Labour without joy is base. Labour without sorrow is base. Sorrow without labour is base. Joy without labour is base.”— John RuskinShare
“It is unlikely that the good of a snail should reside in its shell: so is it likely that the good of a man should?”— EpictetusShare
“In theory there is nothing to hinder our following what we are taught; but in life there are many things to draw us aside.”— EpictetusShare
“If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottages princes' palaces.”— William ShakespeareShare
“That which makes the man no worse than he was makes his life no worse: it has no power to harm, without or within.”— Marcus AureliusShare
“Always take the short cut; and that is the rational one. Therefore say and do everything according to soundest reason.”— Marcus AureliusShare
