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The thief. Once committed beyond a certain point he should not wor

The thief. Once committed beyond a certain point he should not worry himself too much about not being a thief any more. Thieving is Gods message to him. Let him try and be a good thief. – Samuel Butler

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Every mans work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself. – Samuel Butler

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When a man is in doubt about this or that in his writing, it will often guide him if he asks himself how it will tell a hundred years hence. – Samuel Butler

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Abscond. To move in a mysterious way, commonly with the property of another. – Ambrose Bierce

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The secret of a great success for which you are at a loss to account is a crime that has never been found out, because it was properly executed. – Honore de Balzac

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Crime, like disease, is not interesting; it is something to be done away with by general consent, and that is all about it. – Anon.

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Every rascal is not a thief, but every thief is a rascal. – Aristotle

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