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Providence sees to it that no man gets happiness out of crime.
Providence sees to it that no man gets happiness out of crime.
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.]
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.]
What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.
What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.
It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.
It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.
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
Capital punishment is as fundamentally wrong as a cure for crime as charity is wrong as a cure for poverty.
Capital punishment is as fundamentally wrong as a cure for crime as charity is wrong as a cure for poverty.
And who are the greater criminals--those who sell the instruments of death, or those who buy them and use them?
And who are the greater criminals--those who sell the instruments of death, or those who buy them and use them?
The crime of a mother is a heavy burden.
[Fr., Le crime d'une mere est un pesant fardeau.]
The crime of a mother is a heavy burden.
[Fr., Le crime d'une mere est un pesant fardeau.]
