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Obviously crime pays, or there'd be no crime.
Obviously crime pays, or there'd be no crime.
Organized crime constitutes nothing less than a guerilla war against society.
Organized crime constitutes nothing less than a guerilla war against society.
Crime is a product of social excess.
Crime is a product of social excess.
 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.] 
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
Providence sees to it that no man gets happiness out of crime.
Providence sees to it that no man gets happiness out of crime.
 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.] 
What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.
What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.
Whenever man commits a crime heaven finds a witness.
Whenever man commits a crime heaven finds a witness.