“He who had dug his own grave
looks attentively
at the gravedigger's work,
but not pedantically:
for this one
digs a grave
not for himself.”

“Whoever finishes a revolution only halfway, digs his own grave.”

“The selfish man cuts away the sand from under his own feet, he digs his own grave; and every time, from the beginning of the world until now, God Almighty pushes him into the grave and covers him up.”

“The grave will fall in upon him who digs it.”

“Any actress who appears in public without being well-groomed is digging her own grave.”

“The man who seeks revenge digs two graves.”

“When you begin a journey of revenge, start by digging two graves: one for your enemy, and one for yourself.”

“Before you enbark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.”

“Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.”

“I live and occasionally I look up at the glorious air or the clouds into which I keep digging my grave with my pen, diligently, like a forced laborer, whom they order every day to dig deeper with his spade…”