If someone were to say that life at hard labor is as painful as death and therefore equally cruel, I should reply that, taking all the unhappy moments of perpetual slavery together, it is perhaps even more painful, but these moments are spread out over a lifetime, and capital punishment exercises all its power in an instant.
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"If someone were to say that life at hard labor is as painful as death and therefore equally cruel, I should reply that, taking all the unhappy moments of perpetual slavery together, it is perhaps even more painful, but these moments are spread out over a lifetime, and capital punishment exercises all its power in an instant." — Cesare Beccaria #deathmortality
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If someone were to say that life at hard labor is as painful as death and therefore equally cruel, I should reply that, taking all the unhappy moments of perpetual slavery together, it is perhaps even more painful, but these moments are spread out over a lifetime, and capital punishment exercises all its power in an instant. — Cesare Beccaria
About Cesare Beccaria
Cesare Beccaria was a Judge from Duchy of Milan (1738–1794).
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This quote is attributed to Cesare Beccaria, a Judge from Duchy of Milan.
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Cesare Beccaria lived from 1738 – 1794.
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