Famous quotes containing the word punished:
“If the Son of Heaven breaks the law, he should be punished like a common man.”
—Chinese proverb.
“One is punished best for one’s virtues.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
“In the deeper layers of the modern consciousness ... every attempt to succeed is an act of aggression, leaving one alone and guilty and defenseless among enemies: one is punished for success. This is our intolerable dilemma: that failure is a kind of death and success is evil and dangerous, is—ultimately—impossible.”
—Robert Warshow (1917–1955)