“God will punish the wicked. And before He does, we will.”
Chip "the Colonel" Martin, p. 71
Looking for Alaska (2005)
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“I see this wicked creature ordained of God to punish us for our sins and unthankfulness.”
Letter to the Earl of Leicester (15 October 1586) on Mary, Queen of Scots, quoted in John Cooper, The Queen's Agent: Francis Walsingham at the Court of Elizabeth I (2011), pp. 226–227

Cults, Sects and Questions (c. 1979)

Saying 13
Râmakrishna : His Life and Sayings (1898)

Salon interview (2000)
Context: In the old movies, yes, there always was the happy ending and order was restored. As it is in Shakespeare's plays. It's no disgrace to, in the end, restore order. And punish the wicked and, in some way, reward the righteous.

“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.

Note to Stanza 29 part 4
Spiritual Canticle of The Soul and The Bridegroom, Notes to the Stanzas