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He goes as willingly as a thief to the gallows.

Proverbs and old sayings German about thieves

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

Proverbs and old sayings German about thieves

Whore or thief young or old, welcome so you've got the gold.

Proverbs and old sayings German about thieves, old, olderness, contentment

We hang little thieves, and take off our hats to great ones.

Proverbs and old sayings German about thieves

The thief cannot find any tree that suits him for a gallows.

Proverbs and old sayings German about thieves

Petty thieves are hanged, you take off your hat to the big ones.

Proverbs and old sayings German about thieves, contentment

A monk in his cloister, a fish in the water, a thief in the gallows.

Proverbs and old sayings German about thieves, fishing, water

Nothing bolder than the miller's shirt, that every morning collars a thief.

Proverbs and old sayings German about thieves, nothing

He who cheats a cheat and robs a thief, earns a dispensation for 100 years.

Proverbs and old sayings German about thieves

A goat thief came along and they put him in jail.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek about thieves

If you steal something small you are a petty thief, but if you steal millions you are a gentleman of society.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek about society, thieves, contentment

The buyer needs a hundred eyes, the horse thief not one.

Proverbs and old sayings Gypsy about gypsies, thieves, eyes

The patient thief is as a tree whose root runs deep as he waits for the sweet fruit..

Proverbs and old sayings Gypsy about gypsies, thieves

The hat burns on the head of the thief.

Proverbs and old sayings about thieves, heads

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

A thief is a thief, whether he steals a diamond or a cucumber.

Proverbs and old sayings about thieves

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