Unknown Sayings

A fool bolts a door with a boiled carrot.

A fool bolts a door with a boiled carrot.

Have the courage to do something which deserves transportation if
you want to be somebody.

Have the courage to do something which deserves transportation if
you want to be somebody.

If the fish had not opened its mouth, it would not have been
caught.

If the fish had not opened its mouth, it would not have been
caught.

Better buy than borrow.

Better buy than borrow.

Some things are good, some middling, more bad.

Some things are good, some middling, more bad.

'Twixt hope and fear, anxiety and anger.

'Twixt hope and fear, anxiety and anger.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Content is the philosopher's stone, that turns all it touches
into gold.

Content is the philosopher's stone, that turns all it touches
into gold.

Nothing is so difficult but that man will accomplish it.

Nothing is so difficult but that man will accomplish it.

Brighter than Parian marble.

Brighter than Parian marble.