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One bush, they say, can never hide two thieves. - Aristophanes No Indian prince has to his palace More followers than a thief to the gallows. - Samuel Butler (1) Your thief looks Exactly like the rest, or rather better; 'Tis only at the bar, and in the dungeon, That wise men know your felon by his features. - Lord Byron (George Gordon Noel Byron) What is dishonestly got vanishes in profligacy. - Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero) (often called "Tully" for short) Shun such as lounge through afternoons and eves, And on thy dial write--"Beware of thieves!" Felon of minutes, never taught to feel The worth of treasures which thy fingers steal; Pick my left pocket of its silver dime, But spare the right,--it holds my golden time. - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Whether we force the man's property from him by pinching his stomach, or pinching his fingers, makes some difference anatomically; morally, none whatsoever. - John Ruskin Every true man's apparel fits your thief. - William Shakespeare I'll example you with thievery: The sun's a thief, and with his great attraction Robs the vast sea: the moon's an arrant thief, And her pale fire she snatches from the sun: The sea's a thief, whose liquid surge resolves The moon into salt tears: the earth's a thief, That feeds and breeds by a composture stolen From general excrement: each thing's a thief. - William Shakespeare In limited professions there's boundless theft. - William Shakespeare Nay, take my life and all, pardon not that; You take my house, when you do take the prop That doth sustain my house; you take my life, When you do take the means whereby I live. - William Shakespeare O theft most base, that we have stolen what we do fear to keep! - William Shakespeare The robb'd that smiles steals something from the thief; He robs himself that spends a bootless grief. - William Shakespeare Thou hast stolen both mine office and my name; The one ne'er got me credit, the other mickle blame. - William Shakespeare Virtuosi have been long remarked to have little conscience in their favorite pursuits. A man will steal a rarity who would cut off his hand rather than take the money it is worth. Yet, in fact, the crime is the same. - Horace (Horatio) Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford
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