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    Successful crime is dignified with the name of virtue; the good
    become the slaves of the impious; might makes right; fear
    silences the power of the law.
    [Lat., Prosperum ac felix scelus
    Virtus vocatur; sontibus patent boni;
    Jus est in armis, opprimit leges timor.]

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Nor all that heralds rake from coffin'd clay,
Nor florid prose, nor honied lies of rhyme,
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Nor all that heralds rake from coffin'd clay,
Nor florid prose, nor honied lies of rhyme,
Can blazon evil deeds, or consecrate a crime.

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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.

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A crafty knave needs no broker.

A crafty knave needs no broker.

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Overlook our deeds, since you know that crime was absent from our
inclination.
[Lat., Factis ignoscite nostris
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Overlook our deeds, since you know that crime was absent from our
inclination.
[Lat., Factis ignoscite nostris
Si scelus ingenio scitis abesse meo.]

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The punishment can be remitted; the crime is everlasting.
[Lat., Poena potest demi, culpa perennis erit.]

The punishment can be remitted; the crime is everlasting.
[Lat., Poena potest demi, culpa perennis erit.]

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All crime is a kind of disease and should be treated as such.

All crime is a kind of disease and should be treated as such.

by Mahatma Gandhi Found in: Crime Quotes,
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If you share your friend's crime, you make it your own

If you share your friend's crime, you make it your own

by Latin Proverb Found in: Crime Quotes,
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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.

by William Cowper Found in: Crime Quotes,
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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.]

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