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What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.
What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.
Purposelessness is the fruitful mother of crime.
Purposelessness is the fruitful mother of crime.
Providence sees to it that no man gets happiness out of crime.
Providence sees to it that no man gets happiness out of crime.
If blue collar jobs are leaving
and white collar jobs are outsourced
what color collar jobs are left?
If blue collar jobs are leaving
and white collar jobs are outsourced
what color collar jobs are left?
It is grievous to be caught.
[Lat., Deprendi miserum est.]
It is grievous to be caught.
[Lat., Deprendi miserum est.]
Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law.
Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law.
I never killed anybody, I never raped anybody, I never committed no crimes that weren't honorable.
I never killed anybody, I never raped anybody, I never committed no crimes that weren't honorable.
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
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.]