Famous quotes containing the word punished:
“Control cannot be called conscience until we are able to take it inside us and make it our own, until—in spite of the fact that the wrongs we have done or imagined will never be punished or known—we nonetheless feel that the clutch in the stomach, that chill upon the soul, that self-inflicted misery called guilt.”
—Judith Viorst (20th century)
“One is punished best for one’s virtues.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
“Happiness is a monstrosity! Punished are those who seek it.”
—Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880)