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Thieving: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

No Indian prince has to his palace More followers than a thief to the gallows. C.— BUTLER — Hudibras. Pt. II. Canto I. L. 273.

Kill a man's family, and he may brook it, But keep your hands out of his breeches' pocket.— BYRON — Don Juan. Canto X. St. 79.

Who, to patch up his fame-or fill his purse- Still pilfers wretched plans, and makes them worse; Like gypsies, lest the stolen brat be known, Defacing first, then claiming for his own.— CHURCHILL — The Apology. L. 232.

Stolen sweets are best.— COLLEY CIBBER — The Rival Fools. Act I.

In vain we call old notions fudge And bend our conscience to our dealing. The Ten Commandments will not budge And stealing will continue stealing.— Motto of American Copyright League

Written Nov. 20, 1885. Stolen sweets are always sweeter: Stolen kisses much completer; Stolen looks are nice in chapels: Stolen, stolen be your apples.— THOMAS RANDOLPH — Song of Fairies.

A cutpurse of the empire and the rule, That from a shelf the precious diadem stole, And put it in his pocket!— Shakespeare — Hamlet. Act III. Sc. 4. L. 99.

A plague upon it when thieves cannot be true one to another!— Shakespeare — Henry IV. Pt. I. Act II. Sc. 2. L. 29.