Violence does, in truth, recoil upon the violent, and the schemer falls into the pit which he digs for another.
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There is, of course, a gold mine or a buried treasure on every mortgaged homestead. Whether the farmer ever digs for it or not, it is there, haunting his daydreams when the burden of debt is most unbearable.
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For the salvation of his soul the Muslim digs a well. It would be a fine thing if each of us were to leave behind a school, or a well, or some...
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The wretch who digs the mine for bread, Or ploughs, that others may be fed,...
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Glutton: one who digs his grave with his teeth.
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Who digs a pit for others will fall in themselves.
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