(71 quotes found)
“The robb'd that smiles steals something from the thief: He robs himself that spends a bootless grief”
William Shakespeare
“It is not easy to steal where the landlord is a thief”
Irish Sayings
“Every rascal is not a thief, but every thief is a rascal.”
Aristotle
“Kleptomaniac, n.: A rich thief.”
Ambrose Bierce
“It is not the thief who is hanged, but one who was caught stealing”
Czech Proverb
“The most peaceable way for you, if you do take a thief, is, to let him show himself what he is and steal out of your company.”
“He who steals once is always a thief”
Spanish Proverb
“A petty sneaking thief I knew - / O! Mr Cr-, how do you do?”
William Blake
“But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters.”
Bible