Thief

Famous quotes containing the word thief:

    If some beggar steals a bridle
    he’ll be hung by a man who’s stolen a horse.
    There’s no surer justice in the world than that
    which makes the rich thief hang the poor one.
    Peire Cardenal (c. 1180–1272)

    A woman hostage
    will call a young thief “hero”
    and look at him with love,
    even if she’s lost her mind with grief
    because her family
    has been slaughtered.
    As far as virtues go,
    who can hold a grudge?
    Hla Stavhana (c. 50 A.D.)

    I askèd a thief to steal me a peach
    He turned up his eyes
    I ask’d a lithe lady to lie her down
    Holy & meek she cries—

    As soon as I went
    An angel came.
    He wink’d at the thief
    And smild at the dame—

    And without one word said
    Had a peach from the tree
    And still as a maid
    Enjoy’d the lady.
    William Blake (1757–1827)