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He who holds the ladder is as bad as the thief
He who holds the ladder is as bad as the thief
It's no crime to steal from a thief
It's no crime to steal from a thief
The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be.
The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be.
A man who has nothing can whistle in a robber's face
A man who has nothing can whistle in a robber's face
A kleptomaniac is a person who helps himself because he can't help himself.
A kleptomaniac is a person who helps himself because he can't help himself.
A thief believes everybody steals.
A thief believes everybody steals.
I know a baseball star who wouldn't report the theft of his wife's credit cards because the thief spends less read more
I know a baseball star who wouldn't report the theft of his wife's credit cards because the thief spends less than she does.
To equal robbery with murder is to reduce murder to robbery, to confound in common minds the gradations of iniquity, read more
To equal robbery with murder is to reduce murder to robbery, to confound in common minds the gradations of iniquity, and incite the commission of a greater crime to prevent the detection of a less