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Three rebel against the light: the thief, the adulterer, and the bat.

Proverbs and old sayings about thieves, light

The thief who has no opportunity to steal thinks he is an honest man.

Proverbs and old sayings about chance, thieves, man

Opportunity bears the thief.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian about chance, thieves

The great thief escapes, the small one hangs.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian about thieves

It is difficult to steal when the boss is a thief.

Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic about heads, thieves

A thief thinks everybody steals.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about thieves

The thief that is not caught is a king.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about thieves

God laughs when you steal from a thief.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about thieves, god

Learning is a treasure no thief can touch.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about treasure, thieves

The thief is no danger to the beggar.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about danger, thieves

It is not easy to steal where the landlord is a thief.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about thieves

A mouse will scare a thief.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about thieves

Ask my chum if I am a thief.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about thieves

There's no thief like a bad book.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about thieves, bad luck, bad

There is no thief like a bad book.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about thieves, bad luck, bad

The thief's wife does not always laugh.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about thieves, wife

There is no worse thief than a bad book.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about thieves, bad luck, bad

The thief is frightened even by a mouse.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about thieves

When it thunders, the thief becomes honest.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about thieves

He who holds a ladder is as bad as the thief.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about thieves, bad luck, bad