Thief
One who steals; one who commits theft or larceny. See Theft.
A waster in the snuff of a candle.
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Thief Quotations
And whether you're an honest man, or whether you're a thief, depends on whose solicitor has given me my brief.
Benjamin Franklin
The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief.
William Shakespeare
The most peaceable way for you, if you do take a thief, is, to let him show himself what he is and steal out of your company.
William Shakespeare
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.
William Blake
What white man can say I never stole his land or a penny of his money? Yet they say that I am a thief.
Sitting Bull
If you can manipulate news, a judge can manipulate the law. A smart lawyer can keep a killer out of jail, a smart accountant can keep a thief from paying taxes, a smart reporter could ruin your reputation- unfairly.
Mario Cuomo
Opportunity makes a thief.
Francis Bacon
Hunger makes a thief of any man.
Pearl S. Buck
Many a thief is a better man than many a clergyman, and miles nearer to the gate of the kingdom.
George MacDonald
If there is one realm in which it is essential to be sublime, it is in wickedness. You spit on a petty thief, but you can't deny a kind of respect for the great criminal.
Denis Diderot
Thief Translations
thief in Afrikaans is dief
thief in Danish is tyv
thief in Dutch is dief, steler
thief in French is crocheteur
thief in German is Dieb
thief in Hungarian is tolvaj
thief in Latin is furs, ereptor
thief in Norwegian is tyv
thief in Swedish is tjuv
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