Cesare Beccaria Quotes

The severity of punishments ought to be relative to the state of the nation itself. Stronger and more easily felt impressions have to be made on a people only just out of the savage state. A lightning strike is needed to stop a fierce lion who is provoked by a gunshot.

Cesare Beccaria

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: judge
  • Nationality: italian
  • Birth: March 15, 1738 - November 28, 1794

Topics

LionPeopleFierceStrongerStop

I have no interest in doing anything other than good work.

Andrea Riseborough

WorkGoodGood WorkDoingAnything

You cannot let people come up in your face and stop you.

Melissa De Sousa

PeopleFaceYouStopUpCome

In my reporting, I've found that real change escapes many change-makers because powerful illusions guide their projects.

Anand Giridharadas

ChangePowerfulRealIllusionsGuide

I've definitely always had a passion for entertaining.

Troye Sivan

PassionAlwaysEntertainingHad

Heavy metal is always going to be there. At its core, it's all about a primitive connection we all need to keep in our lives.

Rob Halford

ConnectionNeedAlwaysHeavy Metal

The god of theater laughs in your face at planning. You can't plan as an actor; there's no way, because so much of it is dependent on other people's choices and decisions that you're at the whim of fate, really.

Ruth Negga

GodPeopleChoicesFacePlanning

Hard work beats talent, and I live by that.

Jason Pierre-Paul

WorkHard WorkLiveTalentHard

In this case it appealed to me partly because it felt close to me in some ways. This is about a confused, bewildered middle class Englishman adrift in smalltown America and that has definitely been me.

Colin Firth

MeConfusedAmericaClassMiddle

Simply expanding Medicaid does not improve health care outcomes. In Louisiana, instead we're helping people getting better paying jobs so they can provide for their own health care.

Bobby Jindal

HealthPeopleCareBetterImprove

Sometimes I would make myself very still and try to imagine myself dead. I tried to invoke the feeling of the very last breath I would take.

Peggy Lipton

MyselfFeelingSometimesTryDead

Most consequential choices involve shades of gray, and some fog is often useful in getting things done.

Timothy Geithner

FogChoicesDoneGrayShadesThings

Netflix and Amazon know when you stop and start a program, whether you wanted the whole thing, all of that.

Rick Smolan

StartYouStopKnowNetflixWhole

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