Obviously crime pays, or there'd be no crime.

Obviously crime pays, or there'd be no crime.

Disgrace does not consist in the punishment, but in the crime.
[It., Non nella pena,
Nel delitto read more

Disgrace does not consist in the punishment, but in the crime.
[It., Non nella pena,
Nel delitto e la infamia.]

Small crimes always precede great ones. Never have we seen timid innocence pass suddenly to extreme licentiousness.

Small crimes always precede great ones. Never have we seen timid innocence pass suddenly to extreme licentiousness.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Capitalism is glorified institutionalized street crime.

Capitalism is glorified institutionalized street crime.

Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.

Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.

I hate this "crime doesn't pay" stuff. Crime in the United States is perhaps one of the biggest businesses in read more

I hate this "crime doesn't pay" stuff. Crime in the United States is perhaps one of the biggest businesses in the world today.

Purposelessness is the fruitful mother of crime.

Purposelessness is the fruitful mother of crime.

Heaven takes care that no man secures happiness by crime.
[It., Oh! ben provvide il cielo,
Ch' read more

Heaven takes care that no man secures happiness by crime.
[It., Oh! ben provvide il cielo,
Ch' uom per delitto mai lieto non sia.]