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
Tino	TEE-no	Italian
Saxon	SAK-sən	English (Rare)
Raisel	-	Yiddish
Bor	-	Slovene
Mavis	['meivis]
Aukusti	OW-koos-tee	Finnish