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Wrongdoing
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“Society punishes not the vices of its members, but their detection ...”
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“I could never have survived being 'found out,' so I had to pay heavily. After all, that eleventh commandment is the only one that it is vitally important to keep in these days.”
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“... the eleventh commandment (thou shalt not be found out) is the only one that is virtually impossible to keep in these days.”
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“You can't act like a skunk without someone's getting wind of it.”
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“Nothing is bad which does not harm either you or someone else.”
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“I saw not till now what sin brings with it — that we must tread others underfoot.”
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“There are different kinds of wrong. The people sinned against are not always the best.”
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“Some there are who are much more ashamed of confessing a sin than of committing it.”
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“If you're going to do something wrong, do it big because the punishment is just the same either way.”
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“Let them who are temted to do wrong consider what they are about and turn away filled with horror dread and affright.”
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“We all know the eleventh commandment, 'Thou shalt not be found out' ...”
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“... there is always a time to make right / what is wrong.”
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“Iniquity in high places is one of the proofs that the places are high ...”
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“... whoever has done a wrong deed and thinks that no one knows it, deceives himself.”
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“A wrong that cannot be repaired must be transcended.”