James Russell Lowell Quotes

I am the punishment of God. If you have not committed sins then God wouldn't have sent me.

Evil gains work their punishment.

Somewhere down the line everyone must pay for their misdeeds.

On wrongs swift vengeance waits.

All the lessons of history in four sentences: Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad with power. The mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly small. The bee fertilizes the flower it robs. When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.

The payment for sins can be delayed. But they can't be avoided.

Approval or blame will follow in the world to come.

If you have done terrible things, you must endure terrible things; for thus the sacred light of injustice shines bright.

Sins, like chickens, come home to roost.

I come as a punishment from God.

The mill of the gods grinds slowly but it grinds exceeding, small

Everybody that played a part in sending me to death row, you will answer to God.

Indulgent gods, grant me to sin once with impunity. That is sufficient. Let a second offence bear its punishment.

... No one "gets away" with evil. Judgment always comes, only the timing is uncertain.

Be sure thy sin will find thee out.

There's a man going 'round taking names / And he decides who to free and who to blame / Everybody won't be treated all the same / There'll be a golden ladder reaching down / When the Man comes around.

Get what start the sinner may, Retribution, for all her lame leg, never quits his track.

Every sin provokes its punishment.

Every sin brings its punishment with it.

Often, very often, we are punished as much by our sins as we are for them.

Sin let loose speaks punishment at hand.

The old gods will bring about vengeance not so much because they exist but because I once honored them.

Murder will out, this my conclusion.

People in my books tend to get their just deserts, even if not at the hands of the police.

But if there is a just God, there is ultimate justice.