Little thieves are hanged, but great ones escape

Little thieves are hanged, but great ones escape.

Prov. Truly expert criminals are never caught. Everyone's making such a fuss because they convicted that bank robber, but he must not have been a very dangerous criminal. Little thieves are hanged, but great ones escape.

See also: but, escape, great, little, one, thief

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Bonner	['bɔnə]
Leach	[li:tʃ]
Chavdar	-	Bulgarian
Gruffudd	GRIF-idh	Welsh
Kunibert	KOO-nee-bert (German)	German, Ancient Germanic
Gilda	-	Italian, Portuguese