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Every crime destroys more Edens than our own.
Every crime destroys more Edens than our own.
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
It is grievous to be caught.
[Lat., Deprendi miserum est.]
It is grievous to be caught.
[Lat., Deprendi miserum est.]
I have too great a soul to die like a criminal.
I have too great a soul to die like a criminal.
A crafty knave needs no broker.
A crafty knave needs no broker.
I realized I had been paying hit men to slaughter
cows for my table... and I stopped, but not for read more
I realized I had been paying hit men to slaughter
cows for my table... and I stopped, but not for 6 months
in which I rationalized.
Society prepares the crime, the criminal commits it
Society prepares the crime, the criminal commits it
The crime and not the scaffold makes the shame.
[Fr., Le crime fait la honte et non pas l'echafaud.]
The crime and not the scaffold makes the shame.
[Fr., Le crime fait la honte et non pas l'echafaud.]
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.]
