Crime Quote by Pierre Corneille Download Open image “The crime and not the scaffold makes the shame.” — Pierre Corneille ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Crime Shame
It is not the criminal things which are hardest to confess, but the ridiculous and shameful. — Henri Rousseau Copy Share Image
Shame has its place. Shame is what you do to a kid to stop them running on the road. And then you take the… — Hannah Gadsby Copy Share Image
Who among us has any conception of the dimensions of shame that will befall us and our children when one day the veil has… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The basis of shame is not some personal mistake of ours, but the ignominy, the humiliation we feel that we must be what we… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“If we punished only the crimes we could prove, we would not enjoy the pleasure of dragging our fellow human beings to the scaffold… — Marquis de Sade Copy Share Image
Such is the caprice of Romans... who reject kings in name but not in practice, and accept an Emperor mightier than a hundred kings. — Pierre Corneille Copy Share Image
To take revenge halfheartedly is to court disaster; either condemn or crown your hatred. — Pierre Corneille Copy Share Image
By speaking of our misfortunes we often relieve them. [Fr., A raconter ses maux souvent on les soulage.] — Pierre Corneille Copy Share Image
I don't know how to defend myself: surprised innocence cannot imagine being under suspicion. — Pierre Corneille Copy Share Image
“Crime and punishment can be summed up in two classifications: there are bad people and there are people who get into bad situations. The… — Johnnie Dent Jr Copy Share Image
With 'Pretty Girls,' I saw the opportunity to talk not just about crime but what crime leaves behind. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
“The jailers, the Court, everyone in that building – it wasn’t about justice; it was about obedience and intimidation…about maintaining order. Fear accomplished that… — Jay Allan Copy Share Image
Taking notes while watching Forensic Files and Snapped. I don't want to make the same mistakes the criminals do! ;) — Nishan Panwar Copy Share Image
A man could be a lover and defender of the wilderness without ever in his lifetime leaving the boundaries of asphalt, powerlines, and right-angled… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Nations sometimes flourish by denying the crimes that brought them into being. Only when the original invasion, occupation, extermination or usurpation has been safely… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
The danger that may really threaten (crime fiction) is that soon there will be more writers than readers — Jacques Barzun Copy Share Image
“a crime to fell a tree and light it on fire, where coals of hardened shit warmed and stunk up homes,” — Hugh Howey Copy Share Image
A great read; an exciting, frightening account of organized crime today. But like all important works of nonfiction, it goes further… This book is… — Le Ly Hayslip Copy Share Image
If it comes to a question of law, the charges they brought against me - the Espionage Act - is called the quintessential political… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
