Famous quotes containing the words measure and/or crime:
“The measure of action is the sentiment from which it proceeds. The greatest action may easily be one of the most private circumstance.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“A bad end, a sad end, was the last end of Mieze. And why, why, why? What crime had she committed? She came from Bernau into the whirl of Berlin, she was not an innocent girl, certainly not, but her love for him was pure and steadfast; he was her man and she took care of him like a child. She was struck down because she happened by chance to encounter this man; such is life, it’s really inconceivable.”
—Alfred Döblin (1878–1957)