anthk 4 days ago

The same in Spanish. Steal a hen, get a harsh sentence. Steal millions, you are now a respectable 'businessman'.

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atrocious 4 days ago

The 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 4 days ago

Kill a man you're a murderer. Kill millions and you're a statesman.

moomin 4 days ago

Pretty sure that’s known as The Blair Doctrine.

appreciatorBus 4 days ago

Or the Stalin doctrine, "One death is a tragedy, a million deaths a statistic"

pezezin 3 days ago

I am Spanish and I have never heard this proverb...