Crime Quote by Juvenal

For whoever meditates a crime is guilty of the deed.

— Juvenal

He who meditates a crime secretly within himself has all the guilt of the act.

— Juvenal

The guilty is he who meditates a crime; the punishment is his who lays the plot.

— Vittorio Alfieri

“There is an ancient rule: actus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea -- the act does not create guilt unless the mind is…

— William Landay

There is nothing you can do to assuage your conscience when you commit sins. Crime is a spiritual assault on the soul.

— Vikram Chatwal

“Spiritually, to be a criminal is a form of suffering, so this was the last gesture of atonement needed before Shiva, lord of spiritual…

— Deepak Chopra

Overlook our deeds, since you know that crime was absent from our inclination. [Lat., Factis ignoscite nostris Si scelus ingenio scitis abesse meo.]

— Ovid

“In court, the thing we punish is the criminal intention. -the mens rea, the guilty mind. There is an ancient rule: actus non facit…

— William Landay

“Demokraattisessa maassa ihmisen pitäisi olla syytön siihen asti, kun se todetaan syylliseksi, mutta vitut! In America, you are guilty until proven innocent!”

— Tony Halme

For an act may be wrong judged purely by itself, but when the motive that prompted the act is understood, it is construed differently.…

— Elizabeth Keckley

“In many criminals, especially youthful ones, it is possible to detect a very powerful sense of guilt which existed before the crime, and is…

— Sigmund Freud

The concept of guilt is found most powerfully developed even in the most primitive communal forms which we know... the man is guilty who…

— Martin Buber