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This is not a question of an eye for an eye, however.
Too often it is easy for our instincts to kick in on hearing of a crime and we demand an eye for an eye. But can we really say calling offenders the
The Babylonian Code of Hammurabi called for an eye for an eye long before the Israelite law did.
One is 'If you take an eye for an eye, then the whole world will finally go blind' and the second quotation is 'No one can insult you without your permission' Then there are a series of advices attributed to him and displayed at many government offices and businesses across India and these stress the necessity of serving the customers and the people.
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