“It is not the thief who is hanged, but one who was caught stealing”
Czech Proverb
“The thief is sorry he is to be hanged, not that he is a thief”
Proverb
“A thief believes everybody steals.”
Edgar Watson Howe
“It is not easy to steal where the landlord is a thief”
Irish Sayings
“The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.”
Bible
“A person who steals bread during a famine is not treated as a thief.”
Yusuf Islam
“He who steals once is always a thief”
Spanish Proverb