be punished for

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We need to realise the depth of the problems we face. Unless we get on and do this thing, we will be punished for a very long time. There is a very real choice between getting Brexit done and the potential extinction of this great party. Boris Johnson

If the rest of them can survive only by destroying us, then why should we wish them to survive?... Nothing can make it moral to destroy the best. One can't be punished for being good. One can't be penalized for ability. Ayn Rand

The biblical times have come back again, the great invasions of the Medes and the Persians. Has the world, then, reached the point where it deserves to be punished for the egotistical epicureanism in which it has slumbered? Auguste Rodin

I wish I hadn't cried so much!” said Alice, as she swam about, trying to find her way out. I shall be punished for it now, I suppose, by being drowned in my own tears ! Lewis Carroll

I'll probably be punished for hard living. Tupac Shakur

You will never be punished for making people die of laughter. Chinese Proverb

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