#thieves

"Nine out of ten politicians are thieves. The tenth politician is a liar, and the one who conducted the survey."

"For if you suffer your people to be ill-educated, and their manners to be corrupted from their infancy, and then punish them for those crimes to which their first education disposed them, what else is to be concluded from this, but that you first make thieves and then punish them."

"Anya looked upon Nin admirably. Having him as a partner-in-crime—if only on this one occasion, which she hoped would only be the start of something more—was more revitalizing than the cheap thrills of a cookie-cutter shallow, superficial romance, where the top priority was how beautiful a person was on the outside."

"When you optimize your talents very well, you can pick money from people's pockets and nobody will ever get the guts to call you a thief."

"Don't let a thief into your house three times. The first time was enough. The second time was a chance. The third time means you're stupid."