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«He sees death in convicted thieves, the burglars, the muggers, the con men, the pimps, a death imposed by law, the gradual death of confinement behind bars.»
«A political organization is a transferable commodity. You could not find a better way of killing virtue than by packing it into one of these contraptions which some gang of thieves is sure to find useful.»
«A greedy father has thieves for children»
Author: Serbian Proverb | About: Children, Family, Fathers, Greed | Keywords: greedy, thieves
«Friends are thieves of time.»
Author: Proverb | About: Friends, Friendship | Keywords: Thief of Time, thieves
«For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: derision, thieves
«If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!) would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the grapegatherers came to thee, would they not leave some grapes? / How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up! / All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee even to the border: the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, and prevailed against thee; that they eat thy bread have laid a wound under thee: there is none understanding in him.»
«ETHNOLOGY, n. The science that treats of the various tribes of Man, as robbers, thieves, swindlers, dunces, lunatics, idiots and ethnologists.»
«A great war leaves the country with three armies - an army of cripples, an army of mourners, and an army of thieves»
«Avoid flatterers, for they are thieves in disguise»
Author: William Penn (Founder) | Keywords: thieves
«Beauty provoketh thieves sooner than gold»
Author: William Shakespeare (Dramatist, Playwright, Poet) | About: Beauty | Keywords: thieves

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