Corruption Quote by William Cowper

Every time thief steals, he steals from his own peace, from his own honour! No man is as poor as a rich thief!

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

A petty thief is put in jail. A great brigand becomes a ruler of a Nation.

— Zhuangzi

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

— Japanese Proverb

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…

— Peire Cardenal

The man with the knapsack is never lost. No matter whither he may stray, his food and shelter are right with him, and home…

— Horace Kephart

Thieves must sit in prison.

— Vladimir Putin

Little thieves are hanged but great ones escape.

— Mrthrill

It is not theft, properly speaking, to take secretly and use another's property in a case of extreme need: because that which he takes…

— Thomas Aquinas

“Cracking the safe (excerpt) A poor man must swing For stealing a belt buckle But if a rich man steals a whole state He…

— Thomas Merton

He who would bring home the wealth of the Indies must carry the wealth of the Indies with him.

— Samuel Johnson

A thief, though rich, will continue to steal, but an honest man, though poor, will ever seek to pay his debts.

— John Andreas Widtsoe

The thief who is in prison is not necessarily more dishonest than his fellows at large, but mostly one who, through ignorance or stupidity…

— George Bernard Shaw