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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.]
If blue collar jobs are leaving
and white collar jobs are outsourced
what color collar jobs are left?
If blue collar jobs are leaving
and white collar jobs are outsourced
what color collar jobs are left?
'Tis no sin love's fruits to steal;
But the sweet thefts to reveal;
To be taken, to read more
'Tis no sin love's fruits to steal;
But the sweet thefts to reveal;
To be taken, to be seen,
These have crimes accounted been.
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.]
It is grievous to be caught.
[Lat., Deprendi miserum est.]
It is grievous to be caught.
[Lat., Deprendi miserum est.]
All crime is a kind of disease and should be treated as such.
All crime is a kind of disease and should be treated as such.
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.]
Obviously crime pays, or there'd be no crime.
Obviously crime pays, or there'd be no crime.
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.]