Crimes Committed

Famous quotes containing the words crimes committed, crimes and/or committed:

“Heaven absolves all crimes committed to gain a throne once Heaven gives it to us.”
—Pierre Corneille (1606–1684)

“Those who are incapable of commiting great crimes will not easily suspect others of doing so.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)

“Jesus said, “When he looketh on her, he hath committed adultery.” But he is an adulterer before he has yet looked on the woman, by the superfluity of animal, and the defect of thought, in his constitution. Who meets him, or who meets her, in the street, sees that they are ripe to be each other’s victim.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)