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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.]
Whoever profits by the crime is guilty of it.
Whoever profits by the crime is guilty of it.
He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.
He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.
Obviously crime pays, or there'd be no crime.
Obviously crime pays, or there'd be no crime.
I have too great a soul to die like a criminal.
I have too great a soul to die like a criminal.
With his hand upon the throttle-valve of crime.
With his hand upon the throttle-valve of crime.
The punishment of criminals should be of use; when a man is hanged he is good for nothing
The punishment of criminals should be of use; when a man is hanged he is good for nothing
There are few better measures of the concern a society has for its individual members and its own well being read more
There are few better measures of the concern a society has for its individual members and its own well being than the way it handles criminals.
