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
Shankara	-	Hinduism
Ananth	-	Tamil, Indian, Telugu, Kannada
Atum	-	Egyptian Mythology
Imran	-	Arabic, Urdu, Punjabi, Malay, Bengali
Anke	AHN-kə	Low German, Dutch
Faustinus	-	Ancient Roman