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Providence sees to it that no man gets happiness out of crime.
Providence sees to it that no man gets happiness out of crime.
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.
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.
What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.
It is worse that a crime, it is a blunder.
[Fr., C'est plus qu'un crime, c'est une faute.]
It is worse that a crime, it is a blunder.
[Fr., C'est plus qu'un crime, c'est une faute.]
You are not to do evil that good may come of it.
[Lat., Non faciat malum, ut inde veniat read more
You are not to do evil that good may come of it.
[Lat., Non faciat malum, ut inde veniat bonum.]
A crafty knave needs no broker.
A crafty knave needs no broker.
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.]