A Quote by Aristotle

Every rascal is not a thief, but every thief is a rascal.

Aristotle

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Every Rascal Thief

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Aristotle
Greek - Philosopher
384 BC - 322 BC

The thief, as will become apparent, was a special type of thief. This thief was an artist of theft. Other thieves merely stole everything that was not nailed down, but this thief stole the nails as well.

Terry Pratchett

Away, you cut-purse rascal! you filthy bung, away! By this wine, I'll thrust my knife in your mouldy chaps, an you play the saucy cuttle with me. Away, you bottle-ale rascal! you basket-hilt stale juggler, you!

William Shakespeare

Government is nothing but the regulated injustice that every rascal has in his heart.

Mariano Azuela

Every time thief steals, he steals from his own peace, from his own honour! No man is as poor as a rich thief!

Mehmet Murat Ildan

The sun is a thief: she lures the sea and robs it. The moon is a thief: he steals his silvery light from the sun. The sea is a thief: it dissolves the moon.

Vladimir Nabokov

Every man of any education would rather be called a rascal, than accused of deficiency in the graces.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.

Sallust

The difference between a thief and a congressman: When a thief steals your money, he doesn't expect you to thank him.

Walter E. Williams

Man is a thief, an impudent thief! He steals honey from bees, eggs from chickens, milk from cows and life from the God!

Mehmet Murat Ildan

If you give to a thief he cannot steal from you, and he is no longer a thief.

William Saroyan

Every artist is a cannibal/every poet is a thief/all kill for inspiration/and then sing about the grief.

Bono

The thief or swindler who has gained great wealth by his delinquency has a better chance than the small thief of escaping the rigorous penalty of the law.