Portuguese proverb of the day: ‘A thief who robs a thief has a hundred years of pardon’ — and the surprising logic behind it
“A Thief Who Robs a Thief Has a Hundred Years of Pardon”: Imagine a scammer being conned out of his own money. Or a thief discovering that someone has stolen from him. For many people, the immediate reaction is not sympathy but satisfaction. There is even a proverb for that feeling: “Ladrão que rouba ladrão…
