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    But many a crime deemed innocent on earth
    Is registered in Heaven; and these no doubt
    Have each their record, with a curse annex'd.

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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.]

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Whenever man commits a crime heaven finds a witness.

Whenever man commits a crime heaven finds a witness.

by Edward G. Bulwer-lytton Found in: Crime Quotes,
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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.

by Ramsey Clark Found in: Crime Quotes,
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Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law.

Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law.

by Louis D. Brandeis 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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There is no den in the wide world to hide a rogue. Commit a crime and the earth is made read more

There is no den in the wide world to hide a rogue. Commit a crime and the earth is made of glass.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Crime Quotes,
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If you share your friend's crime, you make it your own

If you share your friend's crime, you make it your own

by Latin Proverb Found in: Crime Quotes,
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Heaven takes care that no man secures happiness by crime.
[It., Oh! ben provvide il cielo,
Ch' read more

Heaven takes care that no man secures happiness by crime.
[It., Oh! ben provvide il cielo,
Ch' uom per delitto mai lieto non sia.]

by Vittorio Alfieri 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.]

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