19 German Proverbs about Thief

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1. A monk in his cloister, a fish in the water, a thief in the gallows.
2. A thief seldom grows rich by thieving.
3. Every beginning is hard, said the thief, when he began by stealing an anvil.
4. He goes as willingly as a thief to the gallows.
5. He who cheats a cheat and robs a thief, earns a dispensation for 100 years.
6. He who holds the ladder is as bad as the thief.
7. It is hard to steal where the host himself is a thief.
8. Nothing bolder than the miller's shirt, that every morning collars a thief.
9. The concealer is as bad as the thief.
10. The thief cannot find any tree that suits him for a gallows.
11. Time betrays and hangs the thief.
12. Whore or thief young or old, welcome so you've got the gold.
13. Show me a liar, and I'll show you a thief.
14. Opportunity makes the thief.
15. Set a thief to catch a thief.
16. Once a thief, always a thief.
17. Time and place make the thief.
18. A thief who steals from a thief is not a thief.
19. When the thief is seen stealing, he says he is joking; but when the thief is not seen, he steals.
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