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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.
Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.
Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.
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.]
Obviously crime pays, or there'd be no crime.
Obviously crime pays, or there'd be no crime.
It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.
It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.
The punishment can be remitted; the crime is everlasting.
[Lat., Poena potest demi, culpa perennis erit.]
The punishment can be remitted; the crime is everlasting.
[Lat., Poena potest demi, culpa perennis erit.]
Crime is a product of social excess.
Crime is a product of social excess.
It is worse that a crime, it is a blunder.
[Fr., C'est plus qu'un crime, c'est une faute.]
It is worse that a crime, it is a blunder.
[Fr., C'est plus qu'un crime, c'est une faute.]
