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Wasting time is stealing from oneself.

Proverbs and old sayings Estonian about thieves, time

If you forgive the fox for stealing your chickens, he will take your sheep.

Proverbs and old sayings Georgian about thieves

Cheating is more honourable than stealing.

Proverbs and old sayings German about cheating, thieves

When the thief is seen stealing, he says he is joking; but when the thief is not seen, he steals.

Proverbs and old sayings German about thieves

If you steal something small you are a petty thief, but if you steal millions you are a gentleman of society.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek about society, thieves

The black man steals just half of very little, but the white man steals the whole sugar plantation.

Proverbs and old sayings Jamaican about magic, man

One is not a thief unless caught stealing.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about thieves

An old man telling lies is like a rich man stealing.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about thieves, wealth, man, old, olderness

He who has learned how to steal, must learn how to hang.

Proverbs and old sayings Guatemalan

It's better to ask than to steal.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

It costs you your good spirit to steal than buying or seeking.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about spirit, good, good luck

If a mother steals with a child stripped in the back what do you expect of the child.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about children, mother

The problem with the palace attendant isn't how to steal the king's drums but where to play them from.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

You can't steal second base with your foot on first.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

He steals the mascara from her eyes.

Proverbs and old sayings about eyes

He who steals an egg will steal a camel.

Proverbs and old sayings

A hand that has been chopped off cannot steal any more.

Proverbs and old sayings

To pick up in a clumsy way is stealing, to steal in a skillful way is to pick up.

Proverbs and old sayings Armenian about thieves

Stroke your dog and he will steal eggs.

Proverbs and old sayings Bantu

He who steals the minaret shall find a case to hide it.

Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian