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Crime is a product of social excess.
Crime is a product of social excess.
I am mortified to be told that, in the United States of America, the sale of a book can become read more
I am mortified to be told that, in the United States of America, the sale of a book can become a subject of inquiry, and of criminal inquiry too.
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenceless!
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenceless!
Fear follows crime, and is its punishment.
Fear follows crime, and is its punishment.
Society prepares the crime, the criminal commits it
Society prepares the crime, the criminal commits it
Purposelessness is the fruitful mother of crime.
Purposelessness is the fruitful mother of crime.
'Tis no sin love's fruits to steal;
But the sweet thefts to reveal;
To be taken, to read more
'Tis no sin love's fruits to steal;
But the sweet thefts to reveal;
To be taken, to be seen,
These have crimes accounted been.
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 can be remitted; the crime is everlasting.
[Lat., Poena potest demi, culpa perennis erit.]
The punishment can be remitted; the crime is everlasting.
[Lat., Poena potest demi, culpa perennis erit.]
