Accepting Quote by Ambrose Bierce

The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be.

— Anonymous

Abandon cleverness, discard profit, and thieves and robbers will disappear.

— Laozi

“If we could renounce our artful contrivances and discard our (scheming for) gain, there would be no thieves nor robbers.”

— Lao Tzu

A very little thief of occasion will rob you of a great deal of patience.

— William Shakespeare

Being robbed is a really great way of editing your belongings.

— John Gourley

There was a time when criminals were robbing the banks. Now they're running them

— Anonymous

Great robbers always resemble honest folk. Fellows who have rascally faces have only one course to take, and that is to remain honest; otherwise,…

— Jules Verne

It is opportunity that makes the thief.

— Seneca the Younger

Time sanctifies everything; even the most arrant theft in the hands of the robber's grandchildren becomes sacred and inviolable property.

— Will Durant

Oppurtunity Makes the Thief

— Steig Larsson

You don't put robbers to work in a bank

— American Proverb

Catches thieves just like flies.

— Ramones