Famous quotes containing the words measure and/or crime:
“Outward simplicity befits ordinary men, like a garment made to measure for them; but it serves as an adornment to those who have filled their lives with great deeds: they might be compared to some beauty carelessly dressed and thereby all the more attractive.”
—Jean De La Bruyère (1645–1696)
“There is no scandal like rags, nor any crime so shameful as poverty.”
—George Farquhar (1678–1707)