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 Many commit the same crimes with a very different result. One 
bears a cross for his crime; another a read more 
 Many commit the same crimes with a very different result. One 
bears a cross for his crime; another a crown.
 [Lat., Multi committunt eadem diverso crimina fato;
  Ille crucem scleris pretium tulit, hic diadema.] 
 Disgrace does not consist in the punishment, but in the crime.
 [It., Non nella pena,
  Nel delitto read more 
 Disgrace does not consist in the punishment, but in the crime.
 [It., Non nella pena,
  Nel delitto e la infamia.] 
There is no den in the wide world to hide a rogue. Commit a crime and the earth is made read more
There is no den in the wide world to hide a rogue. Commit a crime and the earth is made of glass.
 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.] 
Sport hunting is a crime. My sympathies are with the fox.
Sport hunting is a crime. My sympathies are with the fox.
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.
Small crimes always precede great ones. Never have we seen timid innocence pass suddenly to extreme licentiousness.
Small crimes always precede great ones. Never have we seen timid innocence pass suddenly to extreme licentiousness.
Whenever man commits a crime heaven finds a witness.
Whenever man commits a crime heaven finds a witness.
 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.]