“Libertas et natale solum:
Fine words! I wonder where you stole 'em.”
Verses Occasioned by Whitshed's Motto on his Coach (1724); the Latin indicates "liberty and my native land", and Whitshed was a chief justice enraged by The Drapier's Letters
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Arthur Miller (1915–2005) playwright from the United States
Variant: You can quicker get back a million dollars that was stolen than a word that you gave away.
Source: A View from the Bridge: A Play in Two Acts
“O words are poor receipts for what time hath stole away”
John Clare (1793–1864) English poet
Source: Poems Chiefly from Manuscript
Jerry Coyne (1949) American biologist
" Campus journalism fracas reaches the New York Times https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2019/07/26/the-grievance-studies-hoax-a-forum-at-the-chronicle-of-higher-education/" July 26, 2019
“Blind as I'd become, I used to wonder where You are-
These days I can't find where You're not!”
The Sun and the Moon.
Brother, Sister (2006)
“I hope that whoever stole it, stole it because they loved it, and not because of all the hype.”
Stella Vine (1969) English artist
Lomax, Cathy. Lost Kitten http://cathylomax.blogspot.com/2004/07/lost-kitten-its-been-very-eventful.html, Retrieved 29 January 2009. <br class="br">On the painting Kitten (2004) which was stolen from Vine's solo exhibition Prozac and Private Views at Transition Gallery, London in July 2004.
Frank W. Abagnale (1948) American security consultant, former confidence trickster, check forger, impostor, and escape artist
Variant: I stole every nickel, dime and dollar and blew it on fine threads, luxurious lodgings, fantastic foxes and other sensual goodies. I partied in every capital in Europe and bask on all the worlds most famous beaches.
Source: Catch Me if You Can: The True Story of a Real Fake, 2002, Ch.1 Pg.4(a), Ch.1 Pg. 11(b),Back cover(c), Ch.6 Pg.116(d)
Cassandra Clare The Mortal Instruments
Jace Herondale and Clary Fray, pg. 395-396
The Mortal Instruments, City of Heavenly Fire (2014)
