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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.
Obviously crime pays, or there'd be no crime.
Obviously crime pays, or there'd be no crime.
Providence sees to it that no man gets happiness out of crime.
Providence sees to it that no man gets happiness out of crime.
Whoever profits by the crime is guilty of it.
Whoever profits by the crime is guilty of it.
Wicked deeds are generally done, even with impunity, for the mere
desire of occupation.
[Lat., Solent occupationis spe read more
Wicked deeds are generally done, even with impunity, for the mere
desire of occupation.
[Lat., Solent occupationis spe vel impune quaedam scelesta
committi.]
Heaven takes care that no man secures happiness by crime.
[It., Oh! ben provvide il cielo,
Ch' read more
Heaven takes care that no man secures happiness by crime.
[It., Oh! ben provvide il cielo,
Ch' uom per delitto mai lieto non sia.]
A crafty knave needs no broker.
A crafty knave needs no broker.
He who profits by a crime commits it
He who profits by a crime commits it
If you do big things they print your face, and if you do little things they print only your thumbs.
If you do big things they print your face, and if you do little things they print only your thumbs.
