“5738. Wickedness is its own Punishment, and many Times its own Cure.”

—  Thomas Fuller (writer)

Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
Variant: 5354. Vice is its own Punishment, and sometimes its own Cure.

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