Quotes About Thievery

Aprendió el arte vagabundo de los troperos. Aprendió el otro, más difícil, de mandar hombres; ambos lo ayudaron a ser un buen ladrón de hacienda.

At that level through out the 18th century, another vision of admirable behavior persisted. The mob did not want the smooth conformable man, the slick hypocrite who could so politely maneuver his way into the rewards of high politics and high society. They wanted his very opposite, the clever thief. The man who thrived not by using the well oiled wheels of society but by opposing them and cheating them; by attending to the well-being of his own heroic self.

Never leave a pen around me - it will be gone.

Sejak jaman Nabi memang sudah ada hamba-hamba iblis. Maling. Siapa heran ada maling selama iblis ada? Tapi malingpun butuh kehormatan, semakin dia tidak punya kehormatan diri.

To the destroyers, Earth is not a person. They will want more until there is no more to steal.

Most Robin Hood stories are not very exciting. There are not a lot of surprises.

The most astonishing thing about Jimmy's rise was not his age, for the Mockers were of the opinion that as soon as a boy was ready to try thieving, he should be turned loose. Failure had its own rewards. A poor thief was quickly a dead thief. As long as another Mocker was not put at risk, there was little loss in the death of a thief of limited talents. No, the most astonishing fact of Jimmy's rapid rise was that he was nearly as good as he thought he was.

If some beggar steals a bridle he'll be hung by a man who's stolen a horse. There's no surer justice in the world than that which makes the rich thief hang the poor one.

A man of business will often deceive you without the slightest scruple, but he will absolutely refuse to commit a theft.

He that steals the old man's supper does him no wrong.

Man is a thief, an impudent thief! He steals honey from bees, eggs from chickens, milk from cows and life from the God!

My buddies wanted to be firemen, farmers or policemen, something like that. Not me, I just wanted to steal people's money!

I prefer a thief to a Congressman. A thief will take your money and be on his way, but a Congressman will stand there and bore you with the reasons why he took it.

I rob banks because that's where the money is.

Vanz can't dance, but he'll steal your money.

Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul.

Thievery is for the civilized. It is what laws protect us from. I am a wild beast of no laws and no society. I want no laws. I want no more civilized things.

"From what I have seen here," remarked Sancho, "justice is so good a thing that even robbers find it necessary."

Want of money and the distress of a thief can never be alleged as the cause of his thieving, for many honest people endure greater hardships with fortitude. We must therefore seek the cause elsewhere than in want of money, for that is the miser's passion, not the thief s.

It is when the pirates count their booty, that they become mere thieves.

He that first cries out stop thief, is often he that has stolen the treasure.

If there were such a thing as an inter-city thieving contest, Ankh-Morpork would bring home the trophy and probably everyone's wallets.

Show me a liar, and I'll show you a thief.

It is a beggar's pride that he is not a thief