“As the caterpillar chooses the fairest leaves to lay her eggs on, so the priest lays his curse on the fairest joys”
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“As the caterpillar chooses the fairest leaves to lay her eggs on, so the priest lays his curse on the fairest joys”
“The idea that a good God would send people to a burning hell is utterly damnable to me - the ravings of insanity, superstition gone to see! I want no part of such a God”
“If you violate nature's laws you are your own prosecuting attorney, judge, jury, and hangman”
“Some are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same, and most mothers kiss and scold together”
“Any nose may ravage with impunity a rose”
“The punishment of a criminal is an example to the rabble; but every decent man is concerned if an innocent person is condemned”
“Those who consent to the act and those who do it shall be equally punished”
“One threatens the innocent who spares the guilty”
“Good and evil, reward and punishment, are the only motives to a rational creature: these are the spur and reins whereby all mankind are set on work, and guided”
“If punishment makes not the will supple it hardens the offender”
“A torn jacket is soon mended, but hard words bruise the heart of a child”
“The hell to be endured hereafter, of which theology tells, is no worse than the hell we make for ourselves in this world by habitually fashioned our characters in the wrong way.”