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    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.]

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Obviously crime pays, or there'd be no crime.

Obviously crime pays, or there'd be no crime.

by G. Gordon Liddy Found in: Crime Quotes,
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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.

by Allen Tucker Found in: Crime Quotes,
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Where crime is taught from early years, it becomes a part of
nature.
[Lat., Ars fit ubi a read more

Where crime is taught from early years, it becomes a part of
nature.
[Lat., Ars fit ubi a teneris crimen condiscitur annis.]

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The real significance of crime is in its being a breach of faith with the community of mankind.

The real significance of crime is in its being a breach of faith with the community of mankind.

by Joseph Conrad Found in: Crime Quotes,
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Successful crime is dignified with the name of virtue; the good
become the slaves of the impious; might makes read more

Successful crime is dignified with the name of virtue; the good
become the slaves of the impious; might makes right; fear
silences the power of the law.
[Lat., Prosperum ac felix scelus
Virtus vocatur; sontibus patent boni;
Jus est in armis, opprimit leges timor.]

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The guilty is he who meditates a crime; the punishment is his who
lays the plot.
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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.]

by Vittorio Alfieri Found in: Crime Quotes,
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Whoever profits by the crime is guilty of it.

Whoever profits by the crime is guilty of it.

by Anonymous Found in: Crime Quotes,
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Whenever man commits a crime heaven finds a witness.

Whenever man commits a crime heaven finds a witness.

by Edward G. Bulwer-lytton Found in: Crime Quotes,
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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?

by Bob Edwards Found in: Crime Quotes,
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