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You are not to do evil that good may come of it.
[Lat., Non faciat malum, ut inde veniat read more
You are not to do evil that good may come of it.
[Lat., Non faciat malum, ut inde veniat bonum.]
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.]
It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.
It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.
Providence sees to it that no man gets happiness out of crime.
Providence sees to it that no man gets happiness out of crime.
With his hand upon the throttle-valve of crime.
With his hand upon the throttle-valve of crime.
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.
Crime is a product of social excess.
Crime is a product of social excess.
I have too great a soul to die like a criminal.
I have too great a soul to die like a criminal.
Whoever profits by the crime is guilty of it.
Whoever profits by the crime is guilty of it.