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Crime is not punished as an offense against God, but as
prejudicial to society.
- James read more
Crime is not punished as an offense against God, but as
prejudicial to society.
- James Anthony Froude,
Small crimes always precede great ones. Never have we seen timid innocence pass suddenly to extreme licentiousness.
Small crimes always precede great ones. Never have we seen timid innocence pass suddenly to extreme licentiousness.
There's not a crime
But takes its proper change out still in crime
If once rung on read more
There's not a crime
But takes its proper change out still in crime
If once rung on the counter of this world.
Whoever profits by the crime is guilty of it.
Whoever profits by the crime is guilty of it.
Crime is a product of social excess.
Crime is a product of social excess.
Fear follows crime, and is its punishment.
Fear follows crime, and is its punishment.
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.]
Obviously crime pays, or there'd be no crime.
Obviously crime pays, or there'd be no crime.
He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.
He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.
