“Want of money and the distress of a thief can never be alleged as the cause of his thieving, for many honest people endure greater hardships with fortitude. We must therefore seek the cause elsewhere than in want of money, for that is the miser's passion, not the thief s.”
William Blake
“The great thieves lead away the little thief”
Diogenes
“I am a sinner - I have committed so many sins; I am a villainous, thieving thief. Now, Nanak has come to the Lord's Sanctuary; preserve my honor, Lord, as it pleases Your Will.”
Sri Guru Granth Sahib
“What do the nationalists say about killers punishing murderers and thieves sentencing looters?”
Kahlil Gibran
“I was new in the game and like all young thieves thought I had a license to steal. It didn't last.”
William S. Burroughs
“Beauty provoketh thieves sooner than gold”
William Shakespeare
“In all ages hypocrites, called priests, have put crowns upon the heads of thieves, called kings”
Robert Green Ingersoll