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There were once three brothers: a lie, theft and the gallows.

Proverbs and old sayings Czech about thieves, lie

If you buy things you don't need, you are stealing from yourself.

Proverbs and old sayings Czech about thieves, commerce, need, things

It is not the thief who is hanged, but one who was caught stealing.

Proverbs and old sayings Czech about thieves

A thief thinks every man steals.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about thieves, man

Hang the young thief, and the old one will not steal.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about thieves, old, olderness

A thief does not willingly see another carry a basket.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about thieves

You may shut your doors against a thief, but not against a liar.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about thieves

Necessity could make a thief.

Proverbs and old sayings about thieves

A thief makes opportunity.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about chance, thieves

Once a thief, always a thief.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about thieves

Time and place make the thief.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about thieves, time

The open door invites the thief.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about thieves

It's no crime to steal from a thief.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about crime, criminals, thieves

Every one is a thief in his own craft.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about thieves

Show me a liar, and I'll show you a thief.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about thieves

A daily guest is a great thief in the kitchen.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about thieves

It is hard to steal where the host is a thief.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about thieves

Idleness is hunger's mother, and of theft it is bull brother.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about thieves, hunger, mother

A thief passes for a gentleman when stealing has made him rich.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about thieves, wealth

The monk preached against stealing, and had the good in his larder.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about thieves, good, good luck