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Purposelessness is the fruitful mother of crime.
Purposelessness is the fruitful mother of crime.
It is grievous to be caught.
[Lat., Deprendi miserum est.]
It is grievous to be caught.
[Lat., Deprendi miserum est.]
Fear follows crime, and is its punishment.
Fear follows crime, and is its punishment.
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.]
There are few better measures of the concern a society has for its individual members and its own well being read more
There are few better measures of the concern a society has for its individual members and its own well being than the way it handles criminals.
A crafty knave needs no broker.
A crafty knave needs no broker.
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.
Society prepares the crime, the criminal commits it
Society prepares the crime, the criminal commits it
