Unknown Sayings

Clever men are sometimes the dupes of their own cleverness.

Clever men are sometimes the dupes of their own cleverness.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Men who only live to eat.

Men who only live to eat.

Work at it night and day.

Work at it night and day.

When war is raging the laws are dumb.

When war is raging the laws are dumb.

All is grist that comes to the mill.

All is grist that comes to the mill.

Scribblers are a self-conceited and self-worshipping race.

Scribblers are a self-conceited and self-worshipping race.

If you have no enemies it is a sign fortune has forgot you.

If you have no enemies it is a sign fortune has forgot you.

Don't shit on your own doorstep.

Don't shit on your own doorstep.

The property of others is always more inviting than our own; and
that which we ourselves possess is most read more

The property of others is always more inviting than our own; and
that which we ourselves possess is most pleasing to others.