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What then is punishment? what is
chastisement? A thing which in my opinion, can happen to no one unless he is
guilty; it is dishonesty undertaken; it is a mind hampered and overwhelmed
by conscience; it is the hatred of all virtuous men; it is the deserved
brand of the senate; it is the loss of dignity.
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M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge, B. A. London. George Bell & Sons, York Street, Covent Garden. 1891.
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