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A crafty knave needs no broker.
A crafty knave needs no broker.
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
Purposelessness is the fruitful mother of crime.
Purposelessness is the fruitful mother of crime.
He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.
He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.
With his hand upon the throttle-valve of crime.
With his hand upon the throttle-valve of crime.
I hate this "crime doesn't pay" stuff. Crime in the United States is perhaps one of the biggest businesses in read more
I hate this "crime doesn't pay" stuff. Crime in the United States is perhaps one of the biggest businesses in the world today.
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.]
I realized I had been paying hit men to slaughter
cows for my table... and I stopped, but not for read more
I realized I had been paying hit men to slaughter
cows for my table... and I stopped, but not for 6 months
in which I rationalized.
You are not to do evil that good may come of it.
[Lat., Non faciat malum, ut inde veniat read more
You are not to do evil that good may come of it.
[Lat., Non faciat malum, ut inde veniat bonum.]