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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.]
With his hand upon the throttle-valve of crime.
With his hand upon the throttle-valve of crime.
I realized I had been paying hit men to slaughter
cows for my table... and I stopped, but not for read more
I realized I had been paying hit men to slaughter
cows for my table... and I stopped, but not for 6 months
in which I rationalized.
Successful crime is dignified with the name of virtue; the good
become the slaves of the impious; might makes read more
Successful crime is dignified with the name of virtue; the good
become the slaves of the impious; might makes right; fear
silences the power of the law.
[Lat., Prosperum ac felix scelus
Virtus vocatur; sontibus patent boni;
Jus est in armis, opprimit leges timor.]
I have too great a soul to die like a criminal.
I have too great a soul to die like a criminal.
What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.
What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.
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.
Every crime destroys more Edens than our own.
Every crime destroys more Edens than our own.
Whoever profits by the crime is guilty of it.
Whoever profits by the crime is guilty of it.