Famous quotes containing the words thief and/or steals:
“The thief steals from himself. The swindler swindles himself. For the real price is knowledge and virtue, whereof wealth and credit are signs. These signs, like paper money, may be counterfeited or stolen, but that which they represent, namely, knowledge and virtue, cannot be counterfeited or stolen.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“He who steals a little steals with the same wish as he who steals much, but with less power.”
—Plato (c. 427–347 B.C.)