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berr Since: Jan, 2001

Mar 14th 2010 at 10:25:38 PM •••

Wait, am I really seeing people advocating Cut Listing any page that did not go thru YKTTW?

The expression "Honor Among Thieves" is a Stock Phrase that always gets used in a consistent way. Who can claim that the trope is obscure?

More like, it's difficult to say anything funny about, being one of the Oldest Ones in the Book, so it gets fewer hits.

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SomeSortOfTroper Since: Jan, 2001

Mar 16th 2010 at 3:14:32 PM •••

I took it to YKTTW.

Catbus Since: Mar, 2021

Mar 1st 2021 at 8:27:48 PM •••

Not, in fact, in Don Quixote.

Here's the Spanish original whose mistranslation is the source of the assertion:

A lo que dijo Sancho:

— Según lo que aquí he visto, es tan buena la justicia, que es necesaria que se use aun entre los mesmos ladrones. (part II, chapter LX)

Translated:

To which Sancho said, "From what I have seen here, justice is such a good thing that there is no doing without it, even among the thieves themselves."

Not a mention of honor to be found.

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