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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.]
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenceless!
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenceless!
Society prepares the crime, the criminal commits it
Society prepares the crime, the criminal commits it
Crime is a product of social excess.
Crime is a product of social excess.
Many commit the same crimes with a very different result. One
bears a cross for his crime; another a read more
Many commit the same crimes with a very different result. One
bears a cross for his crime; another a crown.
[Lat., Multi committunt eadem diverso crimina fato;
Ille crucem scleris pretium tulit, hic diadema.]
Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law.
Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law.
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.
