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Society prepares the crime, the criminal commits it
Society prepares the crime, the criminal commits it
A crafty knave needs no broker.
A crafty knave needs no broker.
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.]
Purposelessness is the fruitful mother of crime.
Purposelessness is the fruitful mother of crime.
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.
Crime is a product of social excess.
Crime is a product of social excess.
It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.
It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
He who profits by a crime commits it
He who profits by a crime commits it
