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He who profits by a crime commits it
He who profits by a crime commits it
 It is worse that a crime, it is a blunder.
 [Fr., C'est plus qu'un crime, c'est une faute.]  
 It is worse that a crime, it is a blunder.
 [Fr., C'est plus qu'un crime, c'est une faute.] 
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.
Purposelessness is the fruitful mother of crime.
Purposelessness is the fruitful mother of crime.
There are few better measures of the concern a society has for its individual members and its own well being read more
There are few better measures of the concern a society has for its individual members and its own well being than the way it handles criminals.
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 greatest crimes do not arise from a want of feeling for others but from an over-sensibility for ourselves and read more
The greatest crimes do not arise from a want of feeling for others but from an over-sensibility for ourselves and an over-indulgence to our own desires
 It is grievous to be caught.
 [Lat., Deprendi miserum est.]  
 It is grievous to be caught.
 [Lat., Deprendi miserum est.] 
Every crime destroys more Edens than our own.
Every crime destroys more Edens than our own.