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If you do big things they print your face, and if you do little things they print only your thumbs.
If you do big things they print your face, and if you do little things they print only your thumbs.
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 you share your friend's crime, you make it your own
If you share your friend's crime, you make it your own
By his own verdict no guilty man was ever acquitted.
[Lat., Se judice, nemo nocens absolvitur.]
By his own verdict no guilty man was ever acquitted.
[Lat., Se judice, nemo nocens absolvitur.]
A crafty knave needs no broker.
A crafty knave needs no broker.
Heaven takes care that no man secures happiness by crime.
[It., Oh! ben provvide il cielo,
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Heaven takes care that no man secures happiness by crime.
[It., Oh! ben provvide il cielo,
Ch' uom per delitto mai lieto non sia.]
Society prepares the crime, the criminal commits it
Society prepares the crime, the criminal commits it
The crime of a mother is a heavy burden.
[Fr., Le crime d'une mere est un pesant fardeau.]
The crime of a mother is a heavy burden.
[Fr., Le crime d'une mere est un pesant fardeau.]
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.