"Leave phony overcoat button at scene" — Read this 1950s burglar's notebook of advice

[anon52120741]

@frauenfelder

On the day a criminal decides he is smarter than the police, he moves that much closer to the moment of his capture. Don’t belong to the egocentric class of criminals. Thieves who are so egotistical as to think that they can’t be caught are the ones who get caught.

Without the police/crime focus this bit of advice applies to just about everything in life