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.]

There's not a crime
But takes its proper change out still in crime
If once rung on read more

There's not a crime
But takes its proper change out still in crime
If once rung on the counter of this world.

Whenever man commits a crime heaven finds a witness.

Whenever man commits a crime heaven finds a witness.

Purposelessness is the fruitful mother of crime.

Purposelessness is the fruitful mother of crime.

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.

There are few better measures of the concern a society has for its individual members and its own well being read more

There are few better measures of the concern a society has for its individual members and its own well being than the way it handles criminals.

A crafty knave needs no broker.

A crafty knave needs no broker.

He who profits by a crime commits it

He who profits by a crime commits it

If blue collar jobs are leaving
and white collar jobs are outsourced
what color collar jobs are left?

If blue collar jobs are leaving
and white collar jobs are outsourced
what color collar jobs are left?