STEALING.
I'll example you with thievery:
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 composture stolen
From general excrement: each thing's a thief.
Timon of Athens, Act iv. Sc. 3. SHAKESPEARE.
Kill a man's family and he may brook it,
But keep your hands out of his breeches' pocket.
Don Juan, Canto X. LORD BYRON.
Stolen sweets are always sweeter:
Stolen kisses much completer;
Stolen looks are nice in chapels:
Stolen, stolen be your apples.
Song of Fairies. T. RANDOLPH.
A tailor, though a man of upright dealing,—
True but for lying,—honest but for stealing.
Of a Precise Tailor. SIR J. HARRINGTON.
Thieves for their robbery have authority
When judges steal themselves.
Measure for Measure, Act ii. Sc. 2. SHAKESPEARE.
Thou hast stolen both mine office and my name;
The one ne'er got me credit, the other mickle blame.
Comedy of Errors, Act iii. Sc. 1. SHAKESPEARE.
In vain we call old notions fudge
And bend our conscience to our dealing,
The Ten Commandments will not budge
And stealing will continue stealing.
Motto of American Copyright League, 1885.