To pick up in a clumsy way is stealing, to steal in a skillful way is to pick up.
More Armenian Proverbs:
You are as many a person as languages you know.Armenian
On a rainy day many offer to water the chickens.
Armenian
Advice is a free gift that can become expensive for the one who gets it.
Armenian
He who looks for a friend without a fault will never find one.
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The stones of my native country are warmer than the ovens of Babylon.
Armenian
When the thief has stolen from a thief, God laughs in heaven.
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