“Every person who is tempted to go astray, does not deserve punishment.”
Nahj al-Balagha
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“Those who knowingly allow the King to err deserve the same punishment as traitors.”
Los que dejan al rey errar a sabiendas, merecen pena como traidores.
Quoted in Diccionario ilustrado de frases célebres y citas literarias (1952), by Vicente Vega.
“He who does not value life does not deserve it.”
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci (1938), I Philosophy
Odysseus, Book VIII, line 560
The Odyssey : A Modern Sequel (1938)
“Who can not love, does not deserve prisoners.”
Original: (it) Chi non riesce ad amare, non merita prigionieri.
Source: prevale.net
Interview with the Chicago Times, Feb. 14, 1881.
“A person who deserves my loyalty receives it.”
Source: Looking Back: A Chronicle of Growing Up Old in the Sixties
“He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.”
Chi non punisce il male comanda che si faccia.
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), XIX Philosophical Maxims. Morals. Polemics and Speculations.
Variant: He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.