<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Thieving - Maxioms.com</title><description>Quotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxioms</description><link>http://maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Never thrust your own sickle into another's corn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59141]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never thrust your own sickle into another's corn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well, well, be it so, thou strongest their of all, For thou hast stolen my will, and made it thine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59142]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well, well, be it so, thou strongest their of all, For thou hast stolen my will, and made it thine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet thanks I must you con That you are thieves professed, that you work not  In holier shapes; for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59138]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet thanks I must you con That you are thieves professed, that you work not  In holier shapes; for there is boundless theft   In limited professions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The robbed that smiles steals something from the thief, He robs himself that spends a bootless grief. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59139]]></link><description><![CDATA[The robbed that smiles steals something from the thief, He robs himself that spends a bootless grief.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that is robbed, not wanting what is stol'n, Let him not know't, and he's not robbed at all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59140]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that is robbed, not wanting what is stol'n, Let him not know't, and he's not robbed at all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let me tell you, Cassius, you yourself Are much condemned to have an itching palm,  To sell and mart ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59135]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let me tell you, Cassius, you yourself Are much condemned to have an itching palm,  To sell and mart your offices for gold   To undeservers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A plague upon it when thieves cannot be true one to another! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59136]]></link><description><![CDATA[A plague upon it when thieves cannot be true one to another!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do villainy, do, since you protest to do't, Like workmen. I'll example you with thievery:  The sun's a thief, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59137]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do villainy, do, since you protest to do't, Like workmen. 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 surges resolves      The moon into salt tears; the earth's a thief,       That feeds and breeds by a composture stol'n        From gen'ral excrement.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In vain we call old notions fudge And bend our conscience to our dealing.  The Ten Commandments will not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59131]]></link><description><![CDATA[In vain we call old notions fudge And bend our conscience to our dealing.  The Ten Commandments will not budge   And stealing will continue stealing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stolen sweets are always sweeter: Stolen kisses much completer;  Stolen looks are nice in chapels:   Stolen, stolen ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59132]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stolen sweets are always sweeter: Stolen kisses much completer;  Stolen looks are nice in chapels:   Stolen, stolen be your apples.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O villain, thou hast stol'n both mine office and my name! The one ne'er got me credit, the other mickle ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59133]]></link><description><![CDATA[O villain, thou hast stol'n both mine office and my name! The one ne'er got me credit, the other mickle blame.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A murderer and a villain, A slave that is not twentieth part the tithe  Of your precedent lord, a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59134]]></link><description><![CDATA[A murderer and a villain, A slave that is not twentieth part the tithe  Of your precedent lord, a vice of kings,   A cutpurse of the empire and the rule,    That from a shelf the precious diadem stole     And put it in his pocket--]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[--To live On means not yours--be brave in silks and laces,  Gallant in steeds; splendid in banquets; all  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59129]]></link><description><![CDATA[--To live On means not yours--be brave in silks and laces,  Gallant in steeds; splendid in banquets; all   Not yours. Given, uninherited, unpaid for;    This is to be a trickster; and to filch     Men's art and labour, which to them is wealth,      Life, daily bread;--quitting all scores with "friend,       You're troublesome!" Why this, forgive me,        Is what, when done with a less dainty grace,         Plain folks call "Theft."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kill a man's family, and he may brook it, But keep your hands out of his breeches' pocket. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59130]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kill a man's family, and he may brook it, But keep your hands out of his breeches' pocket.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city, To ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59126]]></link><description><![CDATA[For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city, To call passengers who go right on their ways:  Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,   Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To keep my hands from picking and stealing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59127]]></link><description><![CDATA[To keep my hands from picking and stealing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No Indian prince has to his palace More followers than a thief to the gallows. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59128]]></link><description><![CDATA[No Indian prince has to his palace More followers than a thief to the gallows.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis bad enough in man or woman To steal a goose from off a common;  But surely he's without ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59124]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis bad enough in man or woman To steal a goose from off a common;  But surely he's without excuse   Who steals a common from the goose.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who steals a bugle-horn, a ring, a steed, Or such like worthless thing, has some discretion;  'Tis petty larceny: ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59125]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who steals a bugle-horn, a ring, a steed, Or such like worthless thing, has some discretion;  'Tis petty larceny: not such his deed   Who robs us of our fame, our best possession.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stolen sweets are best. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59075]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stolen sweets are best.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who steals my purse steals trash; 'tis something, nothing. 'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands;  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51455]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who steals my purse steals trash; 'tis something, nothing. 'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands;  But he that filches from me my good name   Robs me of that which not enriches him    And makes me poor indeed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51455</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Frier preached against stealing, and had a goose in his sleeve. [The Friar preached against stealing, and had a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49857]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Frier preached against stealing, and had a goose in his sleeve. [The Friar preached against stealing, and had a goose in his sleeve.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49857</guid></item></channel></rss>