Society prepares the crime, the criminal commits it

Society prepares the crime, the criminal commits it

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.]

I am mortified to be told that, in the United States of America, the sale of a book can become read more

I am mortified to be told that, in the United States of America, the sale of a book can become a subject of inquiry, and of criminal inquiry too.

The crime and not the scaffold makes the shame.
[Fr., Le crime fait la honte et non pas l'echafaud.]

The crime and not the scaffold makes the shame.
[Fr., Le crime fait la honte et non pas l'echafaud.]

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.

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.

Crime is a product of social excess.

Crime is a product of social excess.

It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.

It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.