Сколько веревочке ни виться, а конец будет

Criminal acts are dis covered in the end, and the guilty are punished. See Быть бычку на веревочке (Б), Как вор ни ворует, а тюрьмы не минует (K),.1659 (П), Таскал волк - потащили и волка (T)

Cf: All thieves come to some bad end (Am.). Crime doesn't pay (Am.). The end of the thief is the gallows (Am.). Не who steals will always fail (Am.). The jug goes to the well until it breaks (Am.). The pitcher goes often to the well /but is broken at last/ (Br.). A pitcher that goes to the well too often is broken at last (Am.). The pitcher went once too often to the well (Am., Br.). A pot oft sent to the well is broken at last (Br.)