Thief Quotes
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Do not let the bread of the hungry mildew in your larder! Do not let moths eat the poor man's cloak. Do not store the shoes of the barefoot. Do not hoard the money of the needy. Things you possess in too great abundance belong to the poor and not to you. You are the thief who steals from God if you are able to help your neighbor and refuse to do it.
Christine de Pizan -
You have nice manners for a thief and a liar," said the dragon.
J. R. R. Tolkien
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My advice is to never do tomorrow what you can do today. Procrastination is the thief of time.
Charles Dickens -
Set a thief to catch a thief.
Callimachus -
Procrastination is the thief of time, collar him.
Charles Dickens -
Hale, stop it.” Kat reached out and grabbed his arm. “You are many things, but stupid isn't one of them.” “I'm too close.” “You don't get it, do you? Being close is good. Caring is good. I love that you're emotional and passionate and can't turn these things off.” “It makes me a bad thief.” “It makes you a good person.
Ally Carter -
But Doc knew that was the key to successful lying. People judged what other people would do by what they themselves would do. You could tell a hell of a lot about a man by what he assumed others got up to. If you're looking for a thief, bet on the man who's always accusing his neighbors.
Elizabeth Bear -
I am what I am, but I'm not a thief. And I'm not scandalous.
Jerry Heller
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Economy is the thief of time.
Ethel Watts Mumford -
If you want to know what to do with a thief that you may find stealing, I say kill him on the spot, and never suffer him to commit another iniquity.
Brigham Young -
When a man comes to me and tries to convince me that he is not a thief, then I take care of my coppers.
Ernestine Rose -
Time is a cruel thief to rob us of our former selves. We lose as much to life as we do to death.
Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey -
The politician who steals is worse than a thief. He is a fool. With all the grand opportunities around for the man with a political pull, there's no excuse for stealin' a cent.
George W. Plunkitt -
First of all I would make about 80% of the people law-abiding citizens again. The policy which is carried out now makes every entrepreneur and businessman a thief against his own will.
Alexander Lebed
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There’s always a secret door. That’s why you always need a thief in your party.
Ben Aaronovitch -
Even the best thief in the world can't steal time.
Ally Carter -
We are a material-mad race of people. Build, increase, expand, pile up, hoard! More and more and more. "If we can just make enough money to-to- !" Jesus said: "Sell what ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth."
Eugenia Price -
If you take pictures does that make you an art thief?
Bill Jay -
Fear is a sneaky thief, stealing away precious moments of your life.
Elizabeth Lesser