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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
A crafty knave needs no broker.
A crafty knave needs no broker.
All crime is a kind of disease and should be treated as such.
All crime is a kind of disease and should be treated as such.
Whoever profits by the crime is guilty of it.
Whoever profits by the crime is guilty of it.
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.
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.]
Whenever man commits a crime heaven finds a witness.
Whenever man commits a crime heaven finds a witness.
With his hand upon the throttle-valve of crime.
With his hand upon the throttle-valve of crime.
