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    The greatest crimes do not arise from a want of feeling for others but from an over-sensibility for ourselves and an over-indulgence to our own desires

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A crafty knave needs no broker.

A crafty knave needs no broker.

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We enact many laws that manufacture criminals, and then a few that punish them.

We enact many laws that manufacture criminals, and then a few that punish them.

by Allen Tucker Found in: Crime Quotes,
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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.]

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What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.

What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.

by Benjamin Disraeli Found in: Crime Quotes,
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Crime is a product of social excess.

Crime is a product of social excess.

by Lenin, Vladimir Found in: Crime Quotes,
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Whenever man commits a crime heaven finds a witness.

Whenever man commits a crime heaven finds a witness.

by Edward G. Bulwer-lytton Found in: Crime Quotes,
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Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

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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.]

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I am mortified to be told that, in the United States of America, the sale of a book can become read more

I am mortified to be told that, in the United States of America, the sale of a book can become a subject of inquiry, and of criminal inquiry too.

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