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Fear follows crime, and is its punishment.
Fear follows crime, and is its punishment.
 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. 
 It is worse that a crime, it is a blunder.
 [Fr., C'est plus qu'un crime, c'est une faute.]  
 It is worse that a crime, it is a blunder.
 [Fr., C'est plus qu'un crime, c'est une faute.] 
What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.
What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.
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.
I am mortified to be told that, in the United States of America, the sale of a book can become read more
I am mortified to be told that, in the United States of America, the sale of a book can become a subject of inquiry, and of criminal inquiry too.
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.
 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, 
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.