#thieves

We’re a different sort of thief here, Lamora. Deception and misdirection are our tools. We don’t believe in hard work when a false face and a good line of bullshit can do so much more. ↗

— Scott Lynch

#thieves #deception

It’s hard to steal somebody’s shoes while they are wearing them and not have them notice. But that’s what politicians have done in this country. Not only that, but they replaced all our footwear with concrete boots.
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— Jarod Kintz

#country #freedom #liberty #politicians #politics

In all ages hypocrites, called priests, have put crowns on the heads of thieves, called kings. ↗

— Robert G. Ingersoll

#kings #priests #thieves #age

Don't let a thief into your house three times. The first time was enough. The second time was a chance. The third time means you're stupid. ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#dealing-with-people #friendships #guidance #life-and-living #people

For if you suffer your people to be ill-educated, and their manners to be corrupted from their infancy, and then punish them for those crimes to which their first education disposed them, what else is to be concluded from this, but that you first make thieves and then punish them. ↗

— Thomas More

#manners #politics #punishment #scapegoats #thieves

Looters become looted, while time and tide make us mercenaries all. ↗

— Patrick Rothfuss

#looters #looting #mercenaries #theft #thieves

That's why so many stars are making pictures in Europe today. The tax guys are making thieves out of everybody. ↗

— Bud Abbott

#everybody #guys #making #many #out

Friends are thieves of time. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#thieves #time

No thieves, no traitors, no interventionists! This time the revolution is for real! ↗

— Fidel Castro

#revolution #thieves #time #traitors

My own personal favorite Cher song is the unforgettable Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves. ↗

— Brent Spiner

#favorite #gypsies #my own #own #personal