The Routledge Book of World Proverbs
Crime cries out for punishment. (Filipino)
Crime does not pay. (Mexican)
Crime is always fearful. (Roman)
Crime often falls back upon its author’s head. (Roman)
Crime puts those on an equal footing whom it defiles. (Roman)
Crime, when it succeeds, is called virtue. (Roman)
Crimes may be secret, yet not secure. (Italian)
From the crime of one learn the nature of them all. (Roman)
He has committed the crime, who has derived the profit. (Roman)
He that carries a small crime easily, will carry it on when it comes to be an ox. (Poor Richard)
In times of trouble leniency becomes crime. (Roman)
No crime has been without a precedent. (Roman)
One crime has to be concealed by another. (Roman)
Out of adultery comes murder; out of gambling comes thieving. (Chinese)
Punishment presses hard upon the heels of crime. (Roman)
The greatest incitement to crime is the hope of sinning with impunity. (Roman)
The one who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it. (Roman)
The one who overlooks one crime invites the commission of another. (Roman)
The one who secretly meditates a crime bears all the guilt of the deed. (Roman)
There are always two witnesses to every crime: God and the conscience. (Unknown)
To violate the law is the same crime in the emperor as in the subject. (Chinese)
We are often deterred from crime by the disgrace of others. (Roman)
Where crime is taught from early years, it becomes a part of nature. (Roman)
While crime is punished, it yet increases. (Roman)
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