Society prepares the crime, the criminal commits it

Society prepares the crime, the criminal commits it

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

Whoever profits by the crime is guilty of it.

Whoever profits by the crime is guilty of it.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Crime is not punished as an offense against God, but as
prejudicial to society.
- James read more

Crime is not punished as an offense against God, but as
prejudicial to society.
- James Anthony Froude,

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

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

Small crimes always precede great ones. Never have we seen timid innocence pass suddenly to extreme licentiousness.

Small crimes always precede great ones. Never have we seen timid innocence pass suddenly to extreme licentiousness.

Many commit the same crimes with a very different result. One
bears a cross for his crime; another a read more

Many commit the same crimes with a very different result. One
bears a cross for his crime; another a crown.
[Lat., Multi committunt eadem diverso crimina fato;
Ille crucem scleris pretium tulit, hic diadema.]

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.]