Small crimes always precede great ones. Never have we seen timid innocence pass suddenly to extreme licentiousness.

Small crimes always precede great ones. Never have we seen timid innocence pass suddenly to extreme licentiousness.

Crime is not punished as an offense against God, but as
prejudicial to society.
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Crime is not punished as an offense against God, but as
prejudicial to society.
- James Anthony Froude,

A crafty knave needs no broker.

A crafty knave needs no broker.

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.

It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.

It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

Providence sees to it that no man gets happiness out of crime.

Providence sees to it that no man gets happiness out of crime.

I have too great a soul to die like a criminal.

I have too great a soul to die like a criminal.

Fear follows crime, and is its punishment.

Fear follows crime, and is its punishment.