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He who profits by a crime commits it
He who profits by a crime commits it
Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law.
Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law.
 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.] 
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.
 By his own verdict no guilty man was ever acquitted.
 [Lat., Se judice, nemo nocens absolvitur.]  
 By his own verdict no guilty man was ever acquitted.
 [Lat., Se judice, nemo nocens absolvitur.] 
Sport hunting is a crime. My sympathies are with the fox.
Sport hunting is a crime. My sympathies are with the fox.
 'Tis no sin love's fruits to steal;
 But the sweet thefts to reveal;
  To be taken, to read more 
 'Tis no sin love's fruits to steal;
 But the sweet thefts to reveal;
  To be taken, to be seen,
   These have crimes accounted been. 
And who are the greater criminals--those who sell the instruments of death, or those who buy them and use them?
And who are the greater criminals--those who sell the instruments of death, or those who buy them and use them?
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.