Famous quotes containing the word steals:
“We declare therefore, we declare simply this, that on the 20th of December, 1851,... M. Bonaparte put his hand into every mans conscience, and robbed every man of his vote. Others filch handkerchiefs, he steals an Empire.”
—Victor Hugo (18021885)
“He who steals chickens as a child will steal cattle as an adult.”
—Chinese proverb.
“The rain it raineth on the just
And also on the unjust fella;
But chiefly on the just, because
The unjust steals the justs umbrella.”
—Charles Synge Christopher Bowen (18351896)