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    Disgrace does not consist in the punishment, but in the crime.
    [It., Non nella pena,
    Nel delitto e la infamia.]

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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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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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The crime and not the scaffold makes the shame.
[Fr., Le crime fait la honte et non pas l'echafaud.]

The crime and not the scaffold makes the shame.
[Fr., Le crime fait la honte et non pas l'echafaud.]

by Pierre Corneille Found in: Crime Quotes,
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Wicked deeds are generally done, even with impunity, for the mere
desire of occupation.
[Lat., Solent occupationis spe read more

Wicked deeds are generally done, even with impunity, for the mere
desire of occupation.
[Lat., Solent occupationis spe vel impune quaedam scelesta
committi.]

by Found in: Crime Quotes,
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Capital punishment is as fundamentally wrong as a cure for crime as charity is wrong as a cure for poverty.

Capital punishment is as fundamentally wrong as a cure for crime as charity is wrong as a cure for poverty.

by Henry Ford Found in: Crime Quotes,
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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

by Voltaire Found in: Crime Quotes,
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A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenceless!

A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenceless!

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He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.

He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.

by Seneca Found in: Crime Quotes,
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Society prepares the crime, the criminal commits it

Society prepares the crime, the criminal commits it

by Henry Thomas Buckle Found in: Crime Quotes,
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