Proverbs and old sayings about Criminals, page 2

56 proverbs and old sayings about criminals

The villain that becomes rich knows neither friends nor family.

Proverbs and old sayings French about criminals

Anoint a villain and he will prick you, prick a villain and he will anoint you.

Proverbs and old sayings French about criminals

No villain like the conscientious villain.

Proverbs and old sayings German about criminals

Crime is cunning; it puts an angel in front of every devil.

Proverbs and old sayings German about criminals

Gossip is more horrible than a capital crime.

Proverbs and old sayings about criminals

When swindlers meet a genuinely honest man, they're so astonished they regard him as a greater swindler than themselves.

Proverbs and old sayings about criminals

Easily grasped are the crimes of a hog.

Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic about criminals

These can never be true friends: Hope, dice, a prostitute, a robber, a cheat, a goldsmith, a monkey, a doctor, a distiller.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about criminals

Commit a sin twice and it will not seem a crime.

Proverbs and old sayings about criminals

Crimes may be secret, yet not secure.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about criminals

There is no robber worse than a bad book.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about criminals

There is no worse robber than a bad book.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about criminals

Criminals are punished, that others may be amended.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about criminals

The bandits in the mountain are easily subjected, but it is difficult to subject the bandits in my heart.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about criminals

Punishment awaits crime.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about criminals

The act itself does not constitute a crime, unless the intent be criminal.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about criminals

Justice is exercised in the proper prevention, rather than in the severe punishment, of crime.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about criminals

Whose interest was it? To whose prejudice was it? [Who might expect to derive benefit, or injury, from a crime committed? ]

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about criminals

Living is not a reward and dying is no crime.

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about criminals

Crime leaves a trail like a water beetle; like a snail, it leaves its silver track; like a horse-mango, it leaves its smell.

Proverbs and old sayings Guatemalan about criminals