Punish

Famous quotes containing the word punish:

    “My tender age in sorrow did begin:
    And still with sicknesses and shame
    Thou did’st so punish sin,
    That I became
    Most thin.
    With Thee
    Let me combine
    And feel this day Thy victory;”
    —George Herbert (1593–1633)

    “We do not wish to injure you.... But if you again plunge your knives into the breasts of our people, I shall send a force which will severely punish you for your cruelties.”
    —Andrew Jackson (1767–1845)

    “I envy no man’s nightingale or spring;
    Nor let them punish me with loss of rhyme,
    Who plainly say, My God, My King.”
    —George Herbert (1593–1633)