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It is grievous to be caught.
[Lat., Deprendi miserum est.]
It is grievous to be caught.
[Lat., Deprendi miserum est.]
Fear follows crime, and is its punishment.
Fear follows crime, and is its punishment.
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.]
With his hand upon the throttle-valve of crime.
With his hand upon the throttle-valve of crime.
Where crime is taught from early years, it becomes a part of
nature.
[Lat., Ars fit ubi a read more
Where crime is taught from early years, it becomes a part of
nature.
[Lat., Ars fit ubi a teneris crimen condiscitur annis.]
Whoever profits by the crime is guilty of it.
Whoever profits by the crime is guilty of it.
Purposelessness is the fruitful mother of crime.
Purposelessness is the fruitful mother of crime.
