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The guilty is he who meditates a crime; the punishment is his who
lays the plot.
[It., Il read more
The guilty is he who meditates a crime; the punishment is his who
lays the plot.
[It., Il reo
D'un delitto e chi'l pensa: a chi l' ordisce
La pena spetta.]
It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.
It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.
He who profits by a crime commits it
He who profits by a crime commits it
Fear follows crime, and is its punishment.
Fear follows crime, and is its punishment.
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.
Whenever man commits a crime heaven finds a witness.
Whenever man commits a crime heaven finds a witness.
With his hand upon the throttle-valve of crime.
With his hand upon the throttle-valve of crime.
I have too great a soul to die like a criminal.
I have too great a soul to die like a criminal.