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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.]
Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.
Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.
Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law.
Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law.
Providence sees to it that no man gets happiness out of crime.
Providence sees to it that no man gets happiness out of crime.
It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.
It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.
Fear follows crime, and is its punishment.
Fear follows crime, and is its punishment.
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.]
Obviously crime pays, or there'd be no crime.
Obviously crime pays, or there'd be no crime.
