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The punishment can be remitted; the crime is everlasting.
[Lat., Poena potest demi, culpa perennis erit.]
The punishment can be remitted; the crime is everlasting.
[Lat., Poena potest demi, culpa perennis erit.]
He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.
He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.
You are not to do evil that good may come of it.
[Lat., Non faciat malum, ut inde veniat read more
You are not to do evil that good may come of it.
[Lat., Non faciat malum, ut inde veniat bonum.]
And who are the greater criminals--those who sell the instruments of death, or those who buy them and use them?
And who are the greater criminals--those who sell the instruments of death, or those who buy them and use them?
It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.
It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.
He who profits by a crime commits it
He who profits by a crime commits it
What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.
What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.
Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.
Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.
Sport hunting is a crime. My sympathies are with the fox.
Sport hunting is a crime. My sympathies are with the fox.