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    --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."

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'Tis bad enough in man or woman
To steal a goose from off a common;
But surely read more

'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.

by Unattributed Author Found in: Thieving Quotes,
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Stolen sweets are always sweeter:
Stolen kisses much completer;
Stolen looks are nice in chapels:
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Stolen sweets are always sweeter:
Stolen kisses much completer;
Stolen looks are nice in chapels:
Stolen, stolen be your apples.

by Thomas Randolph Found in: Thieving Quotes,
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O villain, thou hast stol'n both mine office and my name!
The one ne'er got me credit, the other read more

O villain, thou hast stol'n both mine office and my name!
The one ne'er got me credit, the other mickle blame.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Thieving Quotes,
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Do villainy, do, since you protest to do't,
Like workmen. I'll example you with thievery:
The sun's read more

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.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Thieving Quotes,
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Well, well, be it so, thou strongest their of all,
For thou hast stolen my will, and made it read more

Well, well, be it so, thou strongest their of all,
For thou hast stolen my will, and made it thine.

by Lord Alfred Tennyson Found in: Thieving Quotes,
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Who steals a bugle-horn, a ring, a steed,
Or such like worthless thing, has some discretion;
'Tis read more

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.

by Francesco Berni Found in: Thieving Quotes,
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For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high
places of the city,
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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.

by Bible Found in: Thieving Quotes,
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Never thrust your own sickle into another's corn.

Never thrust your own sickle into another's corn.

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Let me tell you, Cassius, you yourself
Are much condemned to have an itching palm,
To sell read more

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.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Thieving Quotes,
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