do thieves ever gain? do thieves always hurt themselves? [even if they are unwitting thieves, thru ...???

Question

greed selfdeception or ignorance]?
did hitler hurt himself? did stalin hurt himself? did napolean hurt himself? did lennon hurt himself? did richard the third hurt himself? did mccartney hurt himself? did nero hurt himself? did caligula hurt himself? did genghis khan hurt himself? did alexander the great thief & murderer hurt himself? did every overpaid person hurt themselves? is every superpaid person hurting themselves? does superpay bring happiness or misery? 'uneasy lies the head that wears the crown'? 'beggars fear no thieves' ie the superpaid do fear thieves? has rockefeller got electric fences? does the duke of westminster like to have a chat in the pub? did the southern plantation owners hurt themselves? 'live by the sword, die by the sword'? every empire has plundered, every empire has been plundered? did marie antoinette hurt herself? has every plutocracy been 'pulled'? has every billionaire lost much more than gained? [pleasure-gain slight, pain-gain great?]

Answer 1

Yes, thieves always hurt themselves. To pick on one of your examples, Alex the so-called Great was deeply dissatisfied because he gained nothing from conquering the world. He died in misery in his early thirties.......... and later became Hitler.

Answer 2

We are all thieves in one way or another.

For example, you are stealing valuable time away from your studies by randomly ranting.