Cavendum est ne major pœna quam culpa sit; et ne iisdem de causis alii plectantur, alii ne appellentur quidem. Care should be taken that the punishment does not exceed the guilt; and also that some men do not suffer for offenses for which others are not even indicted. Cicero—De Officiis. I. 23.
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It's a shame I can't vote for Cicero. Couldn't have said it better myself.
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