“I have always been dogged by the fear of being found out for a crime I did not realize I had committed, of my public self being stripped away and my unsightly heart revealed.” — Laura van den Berg, “Karolina,” the Paris Review (Summer 2019)
Tag: crime
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“Like tragedy, comedy warns against the dangers of pride, but its emphasis shifts from crime to stupidity.” — Kenneth Burke, Attitudes Toward History
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“The real significance of crime is in its being a breach of faith with the community of mankind.” — Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim
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“If mankind had always been logical and wise, history would not be a long chronicle of folly and crime.” — James George Frazer, The Golden Bough
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“Destiny, n.: A tyrant’s authority for crime and fool’s excuse for failure.” — Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary
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“The mood and temper of the public in regard to the treatment of crime and criminals is one of the most unfailing tests of the civilisation of any country.” — Sir Winston Churchill, Speech in the House of Commons (20 July 1910)
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“In a closed society where everybody’s guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity.” — Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
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“Citizens who take it upon themselves to do unusual actions which attract the attention of the police should be careful to bring these actions into one of the recognized categories of crimes and offences, for it is intolerable that the police should be put to the pains of inventing reasons for finding them undesirable.” — A.P. Herbert
“Citizens who take it upon themselves to do unusual actions which attract the attention of the police should be careful to bring these actions into one of the recognized categories of crimes and offences, for it is intolerable that the police should be put to the pains of inventing reasons for finding them undesirable.” — A.P. Herbert, “Is It a Free Country?”, Uncommon Law
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