A little stealing is a dangerous part, But stealing largely is a noble art; ‘Tis mean to rob a hen roost, or a hen, But stealing thousands makes us gentlemen.
Crime Quotes
Didst thou never hear – That things ill got had ever bad success? And happy always was it for that son Whose father for his hoarding went to hell? (Henry VI)
The informer is the worst rogue of the two.
And who are the greater criminals – those who sell the instruments of death, or those who buy them and use them?
Crime wouldn’t pay if the government ran it.
“There’s the King’s Messenger. He’s in prison now, being punished: and the trial doesn’t begin until next Wednesday: and of course the crime comes last of all” – “Suppose he never commits the crime?” said Alice. “That would be all the better, wouldn’t it?” the Queen said.
Yes, as through this world I’ve wandered I’ve seen lots of funny men; Some will rob you with a six-gun, And some with a fountain pen.
It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.
Murder will out, this my conclusion.
We have to choose, and for my part I think it a less evil that some criminals should escape than that the government should play an ignoble part.
