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Stealing Proverbs
Stealing may bring profit, but hanging costs far more.
Cambodian Proverb
To pick up in a clumsy way is stealing, to steal in a skillful way is to pick up.
Armenian Proverb
Drink a glass of wine after your soup and you will be stealing a ruble from the doctor.
Ukrainian Proverb
If you buy things you don't need, you are stealing from yourself.
Czechoslovakian Proverb
Almsgiving never impoverished, stealing never enriched, and prosperity never made wise.
English Proverb
Every beginning is hard, said the thief, when he began by stealing an anvil.
German Proverb
It is not the thief who is hanged, but one who was caught stealing.
Czech Proverb
He who has had enough to eat thinks of serving God; the hungry think of stealing.
Tibetan Proverb
Wasting time is stealing from oneself.
Estonian Proverb
All beginnings are hard, said the thief, and began by stealing an anvil.
Dutch Proverb
The friar preached against stealing when he had a pudding in his sleeve.
Dutch Proverb
The monk preached against stealing, and had the good in his larder.
Dutch Proverb
An old man telling lies is like a rich man stealing.
Russian Proverb
One is not a thief unless caught stealing.
Russian Proverb
A man accused of stealing a goat should not entertain his visitors with goats meat.
African Proverb
A stealing dog strengthens its back.
African Proverb
Lying and stealing are next door neighbors.
Arabic Proverb
Cheating is more honorable than stealing.
German Proverb
When the thief is seen [stealing], he says he is joking; but when the thief is not seen, he steals.
German Proverb
Stealing would be a nice thing, if thieves were hanged by the girdle.
Spanish Proverb
The cat shuts its eyes when stealing cream.
English Proverb
When you pick up the stick, the stealing cat gets alert.
Persian Proverb
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