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The greatest crimes do not arise from a want of feeling for others but from an over-sensibility for ourselves and read more
The greatest crimes do not arise from a want of feeling for others but from an over-sensibility for ourselves and an over-indulgence to our own desires
The punishment of criminals should be of use; when a man is hanged he is good for nothing
The punishment of criminals should be of use; when a man is hanged he is good for nothing
The crime of a mother is a heavy burden.
[Fr., Le crime d'une mere est un pesant fardeau.]
The crime of a mother is a heavy burden.
[Fr., Le crime d'une mere est un pesant fardeau.]
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenceless!
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenceless!
The guilty is he who meditates a crime; the punishment is his who
lays the plot.
[It., Il read more
The guilty is he who meditates a crime; the punishment is his who
lays the plot.
[It., Il reo
D'un delitto e chi'l pensa: a chi l' ordisce
La pena spetta.]
Fear follows crime, and is its punishment.
Fear follows crime, and is its punishment.
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.
Capitalism is glorified institutionalized street crime.
Capitalism is glorified institutionalized street crime.
Every crime destroys more Edens than our own.
Every crime destroys more Edens than our own.
