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Where crime is taught from early years, it becomes a part of
nature.
[Lat., Ars fit ubi a read more
Where crime is taught from early years, it becomes a part of
nature.
[Lat., Ars fit ubi a teneris crimen condiscitur annis.]
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.
Disgrace does not consist in the punishment, but in the crime.
[It., Non nella pena,
Nel delitto read more
Disgrace does not consist in the punishment, but in the crime.
[It., Non nella pena,
Nel delitto e la infamia.]
Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.
Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.
Society prepares the crime, the criminal commits it
Society prepares the crime, the criminal commits it
We enact many laws that manufacture criminals, and then a few that punish them.
We enact many laws that manufacture criminals, and then a few that punish them.
With his hand upon the throttle-valve of crime.
With his hand upon the throttle-valve of crime.
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
