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He who steals a little steals with the same wish as he who steals much, but with less power.

Plato

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Plato
Greek - Philosopher
427 BC - 347 BC

A plagiarist steals from one person. A true artist steals from everybody.

Pablo Picasso

The rich man who gives, steals twice over. First he steals the money and then the hearts of men.

Edvard Munch

In Brazil, a poor man goes to jail when he steals. When a rich man steals, he becomes a minister.

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

He who steals a hook shall be hanged; while he who steals the state shall be crowned as prince.

Laozi

What if he wakes up before you get home and steals you blind? (Wayne) Steals what? My clothes won’t fit him and I have nothing of any value. Not unless he likes my Peter, Paul, and Mary collection anyway. (Sunshine)

Sherrilyn Kenyon

I've got all these memories of guys just trying to get steals and not being very solid or very good defensively. They have all these steals so they must be a great defender. I usually find it to be the opposite.

Mike Budenholzer

Not everybody's the perfect person in the world. I mean everyone kills people, murders people, steals from you, steals from me, whatever. I think that people need a second chance.

Terrelle Pryor

If someone steals your password, you can change it. But if someone steals your thumbprint, you can't get a new thumb. The failure modes are very different.

Bruce Schneier

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

Like all other lonely or hungry things, ego loves the light. It sees light, and the possibility of being close to the soul, and it creeps up to it and steals one of its essential camouflages. In a hunger for soul, our own ego-self steals the pelt

Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Can a man who lies, cheats, steals, and sometimes does violence to other people be a man of honor? Kolabati looked into his eyes. "He can if he lies to liars, cheats cheaters, steals from thieves, and limits his violence to those who are violent.

F. Paul Wilson

Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls: Who steals my purse steals trash; ’tis something, nothing; ’twas mine, ’tis his, and has been slave to thousands; But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed.

William Shakespeare

Give me a man who steals a little and I can make money

Sam Giancana

In evaluating the way in which ball possessions are gained during the course of a game, we find that 60 to 80 percent of the possessions are gained by rebounding and after an opponent's score. Twenty percent come from opponents's error, and only 5 percent of the possessions come from steals and interceptions. A study of the way ball possessions are gained makes it seem highly impractical to base pressure defense on interceptions and steals.

Ralph Miller

When someone steals a person's clothes, we call him a thief. Should we not also give the same name to the one who could clothe the naked but does not?

Saint Basil

Everybody steals my lines.

Eve Babitz

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