Laws and Penalties

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Laws noun - The first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Hebrew Bible considered as a unit.

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Penalties and laws are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Penalties" instead a noun "Laws".

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Laws and penalties are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Laws" instead a noun "Penalties".

A wise person is one that realizes the benefit of living peacefully with others, while laws and penalties exist largely to deter fools.

Source: Useful Notes / Epicureanism
Only after harsh laws and penalties force people to behave does a country earn its right to a democracy.

Source: Literature / Night Watch
Chronicles of Chaos explains this trope thusly: in this universe, moral laws and destinies have supernatural weight, and breaking or bending them carries penalties.

Source: Jerkass Gods

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