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    In vain we call old notions fudge
    And bend our conscience to our dealing.
    The Ten Commandments will not budge
    And stealing will continue stealing.

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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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Stolen sweets are best.

Stolen sweets are best.

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Yet thanks I must you con
That you are thieves professed, that you work not
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Yet thanks I must you con
That you are thieves professed, that you work not
In holier shapes; for there is boundless theft
In limited professions.

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;
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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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Let me tell you, Cassius, you yourself
Are much condemned to have an itching palm,
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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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The robbed that smiles steals something from the thief,
He robs himself that spends a bootless grief.

The robbed that smiles steals something from the thief,
He robs himself that spends a bootless grief.

by William Shakespeare 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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