Famous quotes containing the words divine and/or punishment:
“There is a hatred of lies and dissimulation that is rooted in a sensitive principle of honor, and there is another such hatred that is rooted in cowardice, inasmuch as lies are forbidden by a divine commandment. Too cowardly to lie....”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
“Death is less bitter punishment than death’s delay.”
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)