Contracts Quote by Thomas Creech

One fault begets another; one crime renders another necessary.

— Robert Southey

Crime is a product of a distorted mind.

— Kiran Bedi

Before crime is committed conscience must be corrupted, and every bad man who succeeds in reaching a high point of wickedness begins with this.

— Henri Frederic Amiel

He who leaves a fault unpunished invites crime.

— Publilius Syrus

None are more liable to mistakes than those who act only on second thoughts.

— Luc de Clapiers

There is no such crime as a crime of thought; there are only crimes of action.

— Clarence Darrow

But I wonder where we will land if trial judges begin deciding that the fact that a man has committed an atrocious crime is…

— H. L. Mencken

“I think we would all agree that people should not be jailed for thoughts. But when, if ever, does a thought cross the line…

— Gil Valle

To conduct great matters and never commit a fault is above the force of human nature.

— Plutarch

“Tell him next, that crimes cause their own detection. There's another bit of copy-book morality for you, Fosco. Crimes cause their own detection. What…

— Wilkie Collins

“The source of every crime, is some defect of the understanding; or some error in reasoning; or some sudden force of the passions.”

— Thomas Hobbes

He thought that in the history of the world it might even be that there was more punishment than crime but he took small…

— Cormac McCarthy