Penalty

Famous quotes containing the word penalty:

“That’s the penalty we have to pay for our acts of foolishness—someone else always suffers for them.”
—Alfred Sutro (1863–1933)

“So the people will pay the penalty for their kings’ presumption, who, by devising evil, turn justice from her path with tortuous speech.”
—Hesiod (c. 8th century B.C.)

“The penalty may be removed, the crime is eternal.”
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)