Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.

Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.

Every crime destroys more Edens than our own.

Every crime destroys more Edens than our own.

I have too great a soul to die like a criminal.

I have too great a soul to die like a criminal.

Whenever man commits a crime heaven finds a witness.

Whenever man commits a crime heaven finds a witness.

He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.

He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.

There is no den in the wide world to hide a rogue. Commit a crime and the earth is made read more

There is no den in the wide world to hide a rogue. Commit a crime and the earth is made of glass.

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.]

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.

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.]