Many commit the same crimes with a very different result. One
bears a cross for his crime; another a read more

Many commit the same crimes with a very different result. One
bears a cross for his crime; another a crown.
[Lat., Multi committunt eadem diverso crimina fato;
Ille crucem scleris pretium tulit, hic diadema.]

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

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

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.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

The punishment of criminals should be of use; when a man is hanged he is good for nothing

The punishment of criminals should be of use; when a man is hanged he is good for nothing

For whoever meditates a crime is guilty of the deed.
[Lat., Nam scelus intra se tacitum qui cogitat ullum,
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For whoever meditates a crime is guilty of the deed.
[Lat., Nam scelus intra se tacitum qui cogitat ullum,
Facti crimen habet.]

Obviously crime pays, or there'd be no crime.

Obviously crime pays, or there'd be no crime.

If blue collar jobs are leaving
and white collar jobs are outsourced
what color collar jobs are left?

If blue collar jobs are leaving
and white collar jobs are outsourced
what color collar jobs are left?

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

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