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Take down a thief from the gallows and he will hang you up.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about thieves

Save a thief from the gallows and he'll be the first who shall cut your throat.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about thieves

It is a beggar's pride that he is not a thief.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about proudness, thieves

Even a thief takes ten years to learn his trade.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about commerce, thieves

Lying is the thief's stronghold.

Proverbs and old sayings about lie, thieves

The thief hates the moon.

Proverbs and old sayings Korean about moon, thieves

A thief not caught becomes a king.

Proverbs and old sayings about thieves

Opportunity makes a thief.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about chance, thieves

'Tis gold Which makes the true man killed, and saves the thief; Nay, sometimes hangs both thief and true man; what Can it not do, and undo?

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about thieves, man

Debts make the thief.

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about thieves

The thief thinks everybody steals.

Proverbs and old sayings Norwegian about thieves

A thief is a king till he's caught.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about thieves

A thief is a king until he is caught.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about thieves

The guard's sleep is the lamplight of the thief.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about thieves, sleep

What the thief stole has always been called expensive.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about thieves

On a thief, the hat's on fire.

Proverbs and old sayings Polish about thieves, fire, fire brigade

The hole invites the thief.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about thieves

The opportunity makes the thief.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about chance, thieves

The thief becomes the gallows well.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about thieves

The accomplice is as bad as the thief.

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