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“We are raised to honor all the wrong explorers and discoverers thieves planting flags, murderers carrying crosses. Let us at last praise the colonizers of dreams.”

Dream Lasts History Honor Crosses Praise Raised Flags Thieves Murderer Explorers

Author:Peter S. Beagle

“It recognizes no morality but a sham morality meant for deceit, no honor even among thieves and of a thievish sort, no force but physical force, no intellectual power but cunning, no disgrace but failure, no crime but stupidity.”

Force Crime Honor Morality Intellectual Stupidity Deceit Thieves Cunning Disgrace Physical Force

Book:The papers of Woodrow Wilson

Source: The papers of Woodrow Wilson

“Trousers and the reputation of not being a thief are similar in the following way: There is no particular honor in having them butonce they are lost, everyone thinks they have the right to insult us.”

Thinking Way Lost Particular Honor Following Reputation Insult Thieves Trousers

Author:Franz Grillparzer

“There may be honor among thieves, but there's none in politicians.”

May Honor Politician Thieves Arabia Honor Among Thieves

Author:Peter O'Toole

“He was as yet not sufficiently experienced in ruffianism to know that one villain always sacrifices another to advance his own project; he was credulous enough to believe in the old adage of honor amongst thieves.”

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Author:Emile Gaboriau

“The trouble with writing a book about yourself is that you can’t fool around. If you write about someone else, you can stretch the truth from here to Finland. If you write about yourself the slightest deviation makes you realize instantly that there may be honor among thieves, but you are just a dirty liar.”

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Book:Groucho And Me

Source: Groucho And Me

“He is a great enough magician to tap our most common nightmares, daydreams and twilight fancies, but he never invented them either: he found them a place to live, a green alternative to each day's madness here in a poisoned world. We are raised to honor all the wrong explorers and discoverers - thieves planting flags, murderers carrying crosses. Let us at last praise the colonizers of dreams.”

“[Hermes addresses Prometheus :] To you, the clever and crafty, bitter beyond all bitterness, who has sinned against the gods in bestowing honors upon creatures of a day--to you, thief of fire, I speak.”

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Author:Aeschylus

“Can a man who lies, cheats, steals, and sometimes does violence to other people be a man of honor? Kolabati looked into his eyes. "He can if he lies to liars, cheats cheaters, steals from thieves, and limits his violence to those who are violent.”

People Ifs Men Doe Sometimes Eye Lying Violence Honor Limits Violent Stealing His Eyes Liars Thieves Cheat Be A Man Cheater

Book:The Tomb

Source: The Tomb

“Until a few months ago we had a code of honor, and even the worst ruffians behaved with decency. You could leave your gold in a tent with no guard and no one would touch it, but now all that has changed. The law of the jungle rules, the only ideology is greed. Don't let yourself be parted from your weapons, and always travel in pairs or groups, because this is a land of thieves.”

Law Groups Land Worst Changed Months Honor Weapons Gold Greed Ideology Code Pairs Thieves Jungle Decency Tents Ruffian Code Of Honor

Author:Isabel Allende