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Full Idea
We have robbers by the thousand, although they have the penalty of death before their eyes.
Gist of Idea
We have the death penalty, but still have thousands of robbers
Source
M. Tullius Cicero (On the Nature of the Gods ('De natura deorum') [c.44 BCE], I.86)
Book Ref
Cicero: 'The Nature of the Gods', ed/tr. McGregor,Horace [Penguin 1972], p.104
1743 | The greatest deterrence for injustice is if uninjured parties feel as much indignation as those who are injured [Solon, by Diog. Laertius] |
2640 | We have the death penalty, but still have thousands of robbers [Cicero] |
6833 | Punish theft in men or women by cutting off their hands [Mohammed] |
19811 | Only people who are actually dangerous should be executed, even as an example [Rousseau] |