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Whenever man commits a crime heaven finds a witness.
Whenever man commits a crime heaven finds a witness.
Capitalism is glorified institutionalized street crime.
Capitalism is glorified institutionalized street crime.
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
The guilty is he who meditates a crime; the punishment is his who
lays the plot.
[It., Il read more
The guilty is he who meditates a crime; the punishment is his who
lays the plot.
[It., Il reo
D'un delitto e chi'l pensa: a chi l' ordisce
La pena spetta.]
He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.
He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.
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.]
What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.
What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.
It is grievous to be caught.
[Lat., Deprendi miserum est.]
It is grievous to be caught.
[Lat., Deprendi miserum est.]
Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.
Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.