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I think they meant: 窃钩者诛，窃国者侯 qiègōuzhě zhū, qièguózhě hóu He who steals a belt buckle pays with his life; he who steals a state gets to be a feudal lord. Yes,
by docsaintly 1y ago
I think they meant:
窃钩者诛，窃国者侯
qiègōuzhě zhū, qièguózhě hóu
He who steals a belt buckle pays with his life; he who steals a state gets to be a feudal lord.
Yes, it is a Chinese idiom.
- anthk 1y agoThe same in Spanish. Steal a hen, get a harsh sentence. Steal millions, you are now a respectable 'businessman'.
- atrocious 1y agoThe law locks up the man or woman Who steals the goose from off the common But leaves the greater villain loose Who steals the common from off the goose.
- Gibbon1 1y agoKill a man you're a murderer. Kill millions and you're a statesman.
- moomin 1y agoPretty sure that’s known as The Blair Doctrine.
- appreciatorBus 1y agoOr the Stalin doctrine, "One death is a tragedy, a million deaths a statistic"
- pezezin 1y agoI am Spanish and I have never heard this proverb...
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