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Every crime destroys more Edens than our own.
Every crime destroys more Edens than our own.
He who profits by a crime commits it
He who profits by a crime commits it
Capitalism is glorified institutionalized street crime.
Capitalism is glorified institutionalized street crime.
There's not a crime
But takes its proper change out still in crime
If once rung on read more
There's not a crime
But takes its proper change out still in crime
If once rung on the counter of this world.
Crime is a product of social excess.
Crime is a product of social excess.
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
Disgrace does not consist in the punishment, but in the crime.
[It., Non nella pena,
Nel delitto read more
Disgrace does not consist in the punishment, but in the crime.
[It., Non nella pena,
Nel delitto e la infamia.]
Whoever profits by the crime is guilty of it.
Whoever profits by the crime is guilty of it.
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.]