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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.
Overlook our deeds, since you know that crime was absent from our
inclination.
[Lat., Factis ignoscite nostris
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Overlook our deeds, since you know that crime was absent from our
inclination.
[Lat., Factis ignoscite nostris
Si scelus ingenio scitis abesse meo.]
He who profits by a crime commits it
He who profits by a crime commits it
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.]
The greatest crimes do not arise from a want of feeling for others but from an over-sensibility for ourselves and read more
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
I have too great a soul to die like a criminal.
I have too great a soul to die like a criminal.
A crafty knave needs no broker.
A crafty knave needs no broker.
Whenever man commits a crime heaven finds a witness.
Whenever man commits a crime heaven finds a witness.
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
