A crafty knave needs no broker.

A crafty knave needs no broker.

It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.

It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.

Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.

Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.

The guilty is he who meditates a crime; the punishment is his who
lays the plot.
[It., Il read more

The guilty is he who meditates a crime; the punishment is his who
lays the plot.
[It., Il reo
D'un delitto e chi'l pensa: a chi l' ordisce
La pena spetta.]

Successful crime is dignified with the name of virtue; the good
become the slaves of the impious; might makes read more

Successful crime is dignified with the name of virtue; the good
become the slaves of the impious; might makes right; fear
silences the power of the law.
[Lat., Prosperum ac felix scelus
Virtus vocatur; sontibus patent boni;
Jus est in armis, opprimit leges timor.]

Society prepares the crime, the criminal commits it

Society prepares the crime, the criminal commits it

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.]

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

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

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Set a thief to catch a thief.