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By his own verdict no guilty man was ever acquitted.
[Lat., Se judice, nemo nocens absolvitur.]
By his own verdict no guilty man was ever acquitted.
[Lat., Se judice, nemo nocens absolvitur.]
The crime and not the scaffold makes the shame.
[Fr., Le crime fait la honte et non pas l'echafaud.]
The crime and not the scaffold makes the shame.
[Fr., Le crime fait la honte et non pas l'echafaud.]
If blue collar jobs are leaving
and white collar jobs are outsourced
what color collar jobs are left?
If blue collar jobs are leaving
and white collar jobs are outsourced
what color collar jobs are left?
It is worse that a crime, it is a blunder.
[Fr., C'est plus qu'un crime, c'est une faute.]
It is worse that a crime, it is a blunder.
[Fr., C'est plus qu'un crime, c'est une faute.]
Providence sees to it that no man gets happiness out of crime.
Providence sees to it that no man gets happiness out of crime.
Purposelessness is the fruitful mother of crime.
Purposelessness is the fruitful mother of crime.
Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.
Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.
We enact many laws that manufacture criminals, and then a few that punish them.
We enact many laws that manufacture criminals, and then a few that punish them.
He who profits by a crime commits it
He who profits by a crime commits it
