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"To err is human; but contrition felt for the crime distinguishes the virtuous from the wicked."
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"One crime has to be concealed by another."

"But if I want to murder somebody, will it really be the best plan to make sure I'm alone with him?'Lord Pooley's eyes recovered their frosty twinkle as he looked at the little clergyman. He only said: 'If you want to murder somebody, I should advise it."

"Every sin is the result of a collaboration."

"Abscond - to move in a mysterious way, commonly with the property of another."

"A killer is someone who killed another without their country's permission."

"It is a mistake to confound strangeness with mystery. The most commonplace crime is often the most mysterious because it presents no new or special features from which deductions may be drawn. This murder would have been infinitely more difficult to unravel had the body of the victim been simply found lying in the roadway without any of those outré and sensational accompaniments which have rendered it remarkable. These strange details, far from making the case more difficult, have really had the effect of making it less so."

"Base stealing, like crime in general, is increasing and is also getting more difficult to curb."
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"To err is human; but contrition felt for the crime distinguishes the virtuous from the wicked."
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