William Shakespeare on Theft
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“In limited professions there's boundless theft.”
- William Shakespeare, Q-Z)
“A plague upon it when thieves cannot be true one to another!”
- William Shakespeare, Q-Z)
“Let me tell you, Cassius, you yourself Are much condemn'd to have an itching palm.”
- William Shakespeare, Q-Z)
“He that is robb'd, not wanting what is stol'n, Let him not know't, and he's not robb'd at all.”
- William Shakespeare, Q-Z)
“Thou hast stolen both mine office and my name; The one ne'er got me credit, the other mickle blame.”
- William Shakespeare, Q-Z)
“The robb'd that smiles steals something from the thief: He robs himself that spends a bootless grief.”
- William Shakespeare, Q-Z)
“A cutpurse of the empire and the rule, That from a shelf the precious diadem stole, And put it in his pocket!”
- William Shakespeare, Q-Z)
“The sun's a thief, and with his great attraction Robs the vast sea; the moon's an arrant thief, And her pale fire she snatches from the sun: The sea's a thief, whose liquid surge resolves The moon into salt tears: the earth's a thief, That feeds and breeds by a composture stolen From general excrement: each thing's a thief; The laws, your curb and whip, in their rough power Have uncheck'd theft.”
- William Shakespeare, Q-Z)