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It is grievous to be caught.
[Lat., Deprendi miserum est.]
It is grievous to be caught.
[Lat., Deprendi miserum est.]
I have too great a soul to die like a criminal.
I have too great a soul to die like a criminal.
The real significance of crime is in its being a breach of faith with the community of mankind.
The real significance of crime is in its being a breach of faith with the community of mankind.
Every crime destroys more Edens than our own.
Every crime destroys more Edens than our own.
Wicked deeds are generally done, even with impunity, for the mere
desire of occupation.
[Lat., Solent occupationis spe read more
Wicked deeds are generally done, even with impunity, for the mere
desire of occupation.
[Lat., Solent occupationis spe vel impune quaedam scelesta
committi.]
The crime and not the scaffold makes the shame.
[Fr., Le crime fait la honte et non pas l'echafaud.]
The crime and not the scaffold makes the shame.
[Fr., Le crime fait la honte et non pas l'echafaud.]
The crime of a mother is a heavy burden.
[Fr., Le crime d'une mere est un pesant fardeau.]
The crime of a mother is a heavy burden.
[Fr., Le crime d'une mere est un pesant fardeau.]
What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.
What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.
