Heaven takes care that no man secures happiness by crime.
[It., Oh! ben provvide il cielo,
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Heaven takes care that no man secures happiness by crime.
[It., Oh! ben provvide il cielo,
Ch' uom per delitto mai lieto non sia.]

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.]

Every crime destroys more Edens than our own.

Every crime destroys more Edens than our own.

Obviously crime pays, or there'd be no crime.

Obviously crime pays, or there'd be no crime.

But many a crime deemed innocent on earth
Is registered in Heaven; and these no doubt
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But many a crime deemed innocent on earth
Is registered in Heaven; and these no doubt
Have each their record, with a curse annex'd.

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

Society prepares the crime, the criminal commits it

Society prepares the crime, the criminal commits it

Whenever man commits a crime heaven finds a witness.

Whenever man commits a crime heaven finds a witness.

We enact many laws that manufacture criminals, and then a few that punish them.

We enact many laws that manufacture criminals, and then a few that punish them.