We enact many laws that manufacture criminals, and then a few that punish them.

We enact many laws that manufacture criminals, and then a few that punish them.

For whoever meditates a crime is guilty of the deed.
[Lat., Nam scelus intra se tacitum qui cogitat ullum,
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For whoever meditates a crime is guilty of the deed.
[Lat., Nam scelus intra se tacitum qui cogitat ullum,
Facti crimen habet.]

Whoever profits by the crime is guilty of it.

Whoever profits by the crime is guilty of it.

Every crime destroys more Edens than our own.

Every crime destroys more Edens than our own.

If you do big things they print your face, and if you do little things they print only your thumbs.

If you do big things they print your face, and if you do little things they print only your thumbs.

Obviously crime pays, or there'd be no crime.

Obviously crime pays, or there'd be no crime.

But many a crime deemed innocent on earth
Is registered in Heaven; and these no doubt
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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.

He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.

He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.

A crafty knave needs no broker.

A crafty knave needs no broker.