stealing

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2bea943	Enter, stranger, but take heed Of what awaits the sin of greed, For those who take, but do not earn, Must pay most dearly in their turn. So if you seek beneath our floors A treasure that was never yours, Thief, you have been warned, beware Of finding more than treasure there.	warning thieves stealing	J.K. Rowling
8402dfd	Nobody steals books but your friends.	irony books friendship inspirational stealing	Roger Zelazny
1e31cab	The robb'd that smiles, steals something from the thief; He robs himself that spends a bootless grief.	theft stealing	William Shakespeare
bb9a17e	I would not put a thief in my mouth to steal my brains.	drinking brain thief stealing	William Shakespeare
5528c20	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.	thieves thievery stealing	Terry Pratchett
1d67287	Steal not this book for fear of shame For on it is the owners name And when you die the Lord will say Where is the book you stole away And when you say you do not know The Lord will say go down below.	poem humor stealing punishment	L.M. Montgomery
f790de6	Somehow it seems wrong to photograph a blind person. It's like stealing something valuable they don't even know they own.	photograph chuck-palahniuk phoenix stealing	Chuck Palahniuk
5ecc045	Stealers, keepers.	fate-s-edge kaldar ilona-andrews the-edge stealing	Ilona Andrews
698bd7a	Most people, in my opinion, steal much of what they are. If they didn't what poor items they would be.	personality stealing	Julian Barnes
6712e49	If theft is advantageous to everyone who succeeds at it, and adultery is a good strategy, at least for males, for increasing presence in the gene pool, why do we feel they are wrong? Shouldn't the only morality that evolution produces be the kind Bill Clinton had - being sorry you got caught?	evolution morality infidelity macro-evolution macroevolution social-darwinism survival-of-the-fittest theft darwinism natural-selection stealing	Robert J. Sawyer
8e3bfdb	"When a man kills another man, the people say he is a murderer, but when the Emir kills him, the Emir is just. When a man robs a monastery, they say he is a thief, but when the Emir robs him of his life, the Emir is honourable. When a woman betrays her husband, they say she is an adulteress, but when the Emir makes her walk naked in the streets and stones her later, the Emir is noble. Shedding of blood is forbidden, but who made it lawful for the Emir? Stealing one's money is a crime, but taking away one's life is a noble act. Betrayal of a husband may be an ugly deed, but stoning of living souls is a beautiful sight. Shall we meet evil with evil and say this is the Law? Shall we fight corruption with greater corruption and say this is the Rule? Shall we conquer crimes with more crimes and say this is Justice? Had not the Emir killed an enemy in his past life? Had he not robbed his weak subjects of money and property? Had he not committed adultery? Was he infallible when he killed the murderer and hanged the thief in the tree? Who are those who hanged the thief in the tree? Are they angels descended from heaven, or men looting and usurping? Who cut off the murderer's head? Are they divine prophets, or soldiers shedding blood wherever they go? Who stoned that adulteress? Were they virtuous hermits who came from their monasteries, or humans who loved to commit atrocities with glee, under the protection of ignorant Law? What is Law? Who saw it coming with the sun from the depths of heaven? What human saw the heart of God and found its will or purpose? In what century did the angels walk among the people and preach to them, saying, "Forbid the weak from enjoying life, and kill the outlaws with the sharp edge of the sword, and step upon the sinners with iron feet?"	crimes murderer stealing justice	Kahlil Gibran
206a4e9	Men kill for many reasons, they steal but for one-greed.	killing theft stealing	Sharon Kay Penman
961b4fa	You see, it is my passionately held belief that the right to possess property is at best a contingent one. When disparities become too great, a superior right, that to life, outweighs the right to property. Ergo, the very poor have the right to steal from the very rich.	poverty wealth politics life stealing rights crime	Mohsin Hamid
563f8dc	Some people just needed to be stolen from.	eoin-colfer thief stealing conscience	Eoin Colfer
a57fa3c	Thievery pays for the tools, and the work shows me the mind of God. Stealing is a lot like alchemy, you know. In each, we each try to find what is beautiful and hidden and make it ours.	thievery stealing	Richard Kadrey
ed6a309	If the choice is between being held up at gunpoint or holding the gun, only a madman would choose to hand over his wallet rather than fill it with someone else's cash.	theft stealing	Mohsin Hamid
b1dafa9	From the age of nine, I was on the streets. This came about because I was being rude with my parents and I was moving things without their permission, like money. So my stepfather didn't like what I was doing and he didn't like me, so he eventually put me out on the streets. My mother was always sick, and my father--I never met him. While I was on the streets, I used to sleep in old abandoned vehicles. Galen 'Ninja' Nordelus former leader of the Public Terrorist Rebellions through Milton Street	at-risk-child being-put-out dysfunctional-families fast-hands home-condition light-hands on-the-streets step-father sticky-fingers the-making-of-gangsters dead-beat-dads stealing	Drexel Deal
62ef837	There's only one way to steal a car and not feel guilty about it, and that's to steal the most expensive car you can find. That way, you know that it carries the maximum insurance possible, so whatever happens, the owner is covered.	stealing	Richard Kadrey

2bea943

Enter, stranger, but take heed Of what awaits the sin of greed, For those who take, but do not earn, Must pay most dearly in their turn. So if you seek beneath our floors A treasure that was never yours, Thief, you have been warned, beware Of finding more than treasure there.

warning thieves stealing

J.K. Rowling

8402dfd

Nobody steals books but your friends.

irony books friendship inspirational stealing

Roger Zelazny

1e31cab

The robb'd that smiles, steals something from the thief; He robs himself that spends a bootless grief.

theft stealing

William Shakespeare

bb9a17e

I would not put a thief in my mouth to steal my brains.

drinking brain thief stealing

William Shakespeare

5528c20

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.

thieves thievery stealing

Terry Pratchett

1d67287

Steal not this book for fear of shame For on it is the owners name And when you die the Lord will say Where is the book you stole away And when you say you do not know The Lord will say go down below.

poem humor stealing punishment

L.M. Montgomery

f790de6

Somehow it seems wrong to photograph a blind person. It's like stealing something valuable they don't even know they own.

photograph chuck-palahniuk phoenix stealing

Chuck Palahniuk

5ecc045

Stealers, keepers.

fate-s-edge kaldar ilona-andrews the-edge stealing

Ilona Andrews

698bd7a

Most people, in my opinion, steal much of what they are. If they didn't what poor items they would be.

personality stealing

Julian Barnes

6712e49

If theft is advantageous to everyone who succeeds at it, and adultery is a good strategy, at least for males, for increasing presence in the gene pool, why do we feel they are wrong? Shouldn't the only morality that evolution produces be the kind Bill Clinton had - being sorry you got caught?

evolution morality infidelity macro-evolution macroevolution social-darwinism survival-of-the-fittest theft darwinism natural-selection stealing

Robert J. Sawyer

8e3bfdb

"When a man kills another man, the people say he is a murderer, but when the Emir kills him, the Emir is just. When a man robs a monastery, they say he is a thief, but when the Emir robs him of his life, the Emir is honourable. When a woman betrays her husband, they say she is an adulteress, but when the Emir makes her walk naked in the streets and stones her later, the Emir is noble. Shedding of blood is forbidden, but who made it lawful for the Emir? Stealing one's money is a crime, but taking away one's life is a noble act. Betrayal of a husband may be an ugly deed, but stoning of living souls is a beautiful sight. Shall we meet evil with evil and say this is the Law? Shall we fight corruption with greater corruption and say this is the Rule? Shall we conquer crimes with more crimes and say this is Justice? Had not the Emir killed an enemy in his past life? Had he not robbed his weak subjects of money and property? Had he not committed adultery? Was he infallible when he killed the murderer and hanged the thief in the tree? Who are those who hanged the thief in the tree? Are they angels descended from heaven, or men looting and usurping? Who cut off the murderer's head? Are they divine prophets, or soldiers shedding blood wherever they go? Who stoned that adulteress? Were they virtuous hermits who came from their monasteries, or humans who loved to commit atrocities with glee, under the protection of ignorant Law? What is Law? Who saw it coming with the sun from the depths of heaven? What human saw the heart of God and found its will or purpose? In what century did the angels walk among the people and preach to them, saying, "Forbid the weak from enjoying life, and kill the outlaws with the sharp edge of the sword, and step upon the sinners with iron feet?"

crimes murderer stealing justice

Kahlil Gibran

206a4e9

Men kill for many reasons, they steal but for one-greed.

killing theft stealing

Sharon Kay Penman

961b4fa

You see, it is my passionately held belief that the right to possess property is at best a contingent one. When disparities become too great, a superior right, that to life, outweighs the right to property. Ergo, the very poor have the right to steal from the very rich.

poverty wealth politics life stealing rights crime

Mohsin Hamid

563f8dc

Some people just needed to be stolen from.

eoin-colfer thief stealing conscience

Eoin Colfer

a57fa3c

Thievery pays for the tools, and the work shows me the mind of God. Stealing is a lot like alchemy, you know. In each, we each try to find what is beautiful and hidden and make it ours.

thievery stealing

Richard Kadrey

ed6a309

If the choice is between being held up at gunpoint or holding the gun, only a madman would choose to hand over his wallet rather than fill it with someone else's cash.

theft stealing

Mohsin Hamid

b1dafa9

From the age of nine, I was on the streets. This came about because I was being rude with my parents and I was moving things without their permission, like money. So my stepfather didn't like what I was doing and he didn't like me, so he eventually put me out on the streets. My mother was always sick, and my father--I never met him. While I was on the streets, I used to sleep in old abandoned vehicles. Galen 'Ninja' Nordelus former leader of the Public Terrorist Rebellions through Milton Street

at-risk-child being-put-out dysfunctional-families fast-hands home-condition light-hands on-the-streets step-father sticky-fingers the-making-of-gangsters dead-beat-dads stealing

Drexel Deal

62ef837

There's only one way to steal a car and not feel guilty about it, and that's to steal the most expensive car you can find. That way, you know that it carries the maximum insurance possible, so whatever happens, the owner is covered.

stealing

Richard Kadrey