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Crime is not punished as an offense against God, but as
prejudicial to society.
- James read more
Crime is not punished as an offense against God, but as
prejudicial to society.
- James Anthony Froude,
Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.
Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.
Whoever profits by the crime is guilty of it.
Whoever profits by the crime is guilty of it.
A crafty knave needs no broker.
A crafty knave needs no broker.
Whenever man commits a crime heaven finds a witness.
Whenever man commits a crime heaven finds a witness.
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
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.]
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.
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.