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He who steals incense smells of it.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese

A dog which steals leaves its puppies a bad name.

Proverbs and old sayings about name, bad luck, bad

Love steals on us imperceptibly.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about love

They look at the greens, but steal the bacon.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

When you treat someone like a wild cat, he will steal your chickens.

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy

If you are going to steal bells plug your ears.

Proverbs and old sayings Mongolian

Cold teaches a man how to steal charcoal.

Proverbs and old sayings Moroccan about man

If a rich man steals it is a mistake; if a poor man makes a mistake he has stolen.

Proverbs and old sayings Moroccan about mistake, wealth, man

He who steals in order to give to god can only get advice from the devil.

Proverbs and old sayings about order, advice, devil, god

He that will lie will steal.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about lie

Vixen resolved not to steal chicken.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian

However much you steal from your state, all the same you won't get your own back.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about state

If he steal not my kail, break not my dike.

Proverbs and old sayings

He gangs early to steal, that cannot say Na.

Proverbs and old sayings

Hang a thief when he's young, an he'll no steal when he's auld.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about thieves

Ae man may steal a horse where another daurna look ower the hedge.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about man

The unscrupulous steal everything.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

The thief who can't steal anymore has become a Christian.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about thieves

No one will steal it from you if they don't know you have it.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

When you go to steal a sheep and you're succeeding, take a big one because the small one will grow.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian