Zhuangzi
Philosopher
"A petty thief is put in jail. A great brigand becomes a ruler of a Nation."
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Thieves
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Bill Johnson
Athlete
"Fear is a thief. It robbed Peter of a perfectly good walk on water, & kept the other eleven in the boat."
Mother Jones
Labor Activist
"God almighty made women and the Rockefeller gang of thieves made the ladies."
Laozi
Philosopher
"Why is the tao so valuable? Because it is everywhere, and everyone can use it. This is why those who seek will find, And those who reform will be forgiven; Why the good will be rewarded, And the thief who is cunning will escape."
Charles Dickens
Novelist
"My advice is to never do tomorrow what you can do today. Procrastination is the thief of time."
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"No thief, however skillful, can rob one of knowledge, and that is why knowledge is the best and safest treasure to acquire."
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"No reason to get excited,' the thief, he kindly spoke, There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke."
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"A thief is a man in need. A liar is a man in fear."
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"More is lost by indecision than wrong decision. Indecision is the thief of opportunity. It will steal you blind."
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"Procrastination is the thief of time, collar him."
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"The moon's an arrant thief, And her pale fire she snatches from the sun."
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"No thieves, no traitors, no interventionists! This time the revolution is for real!"
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"Whoever you are, be that person with all your might. Time goes by faster than we thought. It is a thief so quiet. You must let yourself be loved and you must love, parts of you that never loved must open and love. You must announce yourself in all particulars so you can have yourself."
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"Abandon cleverness, discard profit, and thieves and robbers will disappear."
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"There must be some kind of way out of here,' said the joker to the thief."
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"Throw away profit and greed, and there won't be any thieves."
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"A great musician is just a thief who doesn't get caught"
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"Towards gnats and fleas we should show no pity. We would do right to hang petty thieves, petty calumniators, and slanderers."
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"There were moments when I hated everybody I came across, innocent or guilty, and looked at them as thieves who were robbing me of my life with impunity. The most unbearable misfortune is when you yourself become unjust, malignant, vile; you realize it, you even reproach yourself - but you just can't help it."
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"T'was a thief said the last kind word to Christ. Christ took the kindness and forgave the theft."
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"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."
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"Don't become a victim of yourself. Forget about the thief waiting in the alley; what about the thief in your mind?"
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"Tomorrow is a thief of pleasure."
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"The triumph of morality: A thief who has broken into a bedroom claims his sense of shame had been outraged, and by threatening theoccupants with exposure of an immoral act he blackmails them into not bringing charges for burglary."
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"Indecision is the greatest thief of opportunity."
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