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A POSTERN door makes a thief
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OPPORTUNITY makes a thief
.
c
1450
Proverbs of Good Counsel in Book of Precedence
(EETS) 69
A nyse wyfe, and a back dore, Makyth often tymus A ryche man pore.
1573
Garden of Pleasure
107
The posterne dore [back door] destroyeth the house.
1611
Scourge of Folly
146
The Posterne doore makes theefe and whore. But, were that dam'd with Stone, or Clay, Whoores and Theeues would find a way.
1732
Gnomologia
no. 6176
The Postern Door Makes Thief and Whore.
1977
Five-Minute Marriage
xi.
‘I shall never be able to sleep securely in this room, if thieves are to be always breaking in and waking me up!’ ‘A postern door do always make a thief.’
honesty and dishonesty
;
opportunity, taken
OPPORTUNITY makes a thief
.
c1450
Proverbs of Good Counsel in Book of Precedence
(EETS) 69
A nyse wyfe, and a back dore, Makyth often tymus A ryche man pore.
1573
Garden of Pleasure
107
The posterne dore [back door] destroyeth the house.
1611
Scourge of Folly
146
The Posterne doore makes theefe and whore. But, were that dam'd with Stone, or Clay, Whoores and Theeues would find a way.
1732
Gnomologia
no. 6176
The Postern Door Makes Thief and Whore.
1977
Five-Minute Marriage
xi.
‘I shall never be able to sleep securely in this room, if thieves are to be always breaking in and waking me up!’ ‘A postern door do always make a thief.’
honesty and dishonesty;
opportunity, taken
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