isot varkaat vaunulla ajaa, pienet linnassa istuu

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Finnish

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Proverb

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isot varkaat vaunulla ajaa, pienet linnassa istuu (literally, “the large thieves drive around on carriages, the small ones sit in prisons”)

  1. powerful people are often as unscrupulous/corrupt as criminals
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