Every crime destroys more Edens than our own.

Every crime destroys more Edens than our own.

Heaven takes care that no man secures happiness by crime.
[It., Oh! ben provvide il cielo,
Ch' read more

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

Purposelessness is the fruitful mother of crime.

Purposelessness is the fruitful mother of crime.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Whenever man commits a crime heaven finds a witness.

Whenever man commits a crime heaven finds a witness.

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.

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

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

For whoever meditates a crime is guilty of the deed.
[Lat., Nam scelus intra se tacitum qui cogitat ullum,
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For whoever meditates a crime is guilty of the deed.
[Lat., Nam scelus intra se tacitum qui cogitat ullum,
Facti crimen habet.]

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?