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I have too great a soul to die like a criminal.
I have too great a soul to die like a criminal.
Overlook our deeds, since you know that crime was absent from our
inclination.
[Lat., Factis ignoscite nostris
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Overlook our deeds, since you know that crime was absent from our
inclination.
[Lat., Factis ignoscite nostris
Si scelus ingenio scitis abesse meo.]
The punishment of criminals should be of use; when a man is hanged he is good for nothing
The punishment of criminals should be of use; when a man is hanged he is good for nothing
There is no den in the wide world to hide a rogue. Commit a crime and the earth is made read more
There is no den in the wide world to hide a rogue. Commit a crime and the earth is made of glass.
If you share your friend's crime, you make it your own
If you share your friend's crime, you make it your own
He who profits by a crime commits it
He who profits by a crime commits it
Whenever man commits a crime heaven finds a witness.
Whenever man commits a crime heaven finds a witness.
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.
