Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources. Rev. James Wood
dirige nos—Lord, direct us!
Domini pudet, non servitutis—I am ashamed of my master, but not of my condition as a servant. Sen.
Dominus illuminatio mea—The Lord is my light. M.
Dominus providebit—The Lord will provide. M. 5
Dominus videt plurimum in rebus suis—The master sees best in his own affairs. Phæd.
Dominus vobiscum, et cum spiritu tuo—The Lord be with you, and with thy spirit.
Domitæ naturæ—Of a tame nature.
Domus amica domus optima—The house of a friend is the best house.
Domus et placens uxor—Thy house and pleasing 10 wife.
Domus sua cuique tutissimum refugium—The safest place of refuge for every man is his own home. Coke.
Dona præsentis cape lætus horæ, et / Linque severa—Gladly enjoy the gifts of the present hour, and banish serious thoughts. Hor.
Donatio mortis causa—A gift made in prospect of death. L.
Don de plaire—The gift of pleasing. Fr.
Donec eris felix multos numerabis amicos; / 15 Tempora si fuerint nubila, solus eris—So long as you are prosperous you will reckon many friends; if fortune frowns on you, you will be alone. Ovid.
Done to death by slanderous tongues. Much Ado, v. 3.
Donna di finestra, uva di strada—A woman at the window is a bunch of grapes by the wayside. It. Pr.
Donna è mobile come piume in vento—Woman is as changeable as a feather in the wind. Verdi.
Donner de si mauvaise grâce qu'on n'a pas d'obligation—To give so ungraciously as to do away with any obligation. Fr.
Donner une chandelle à Dieu et une au diable—To 20 give one candle to God and another to the devil. Fr. Pr.
Donnez, mais, si vous pouvez, épargnez au pauvre, la honte de tendre la main—Give, but, if possible, spare the poor man the shame of holding out the hand. Diderot.
Dono dedit—Gave as a gift.
Do not allow your daughters to be taught letters by a man, though he be a St. Paul or a St. Francis of Assisi. The saints are in heaven. Bp. Liguori.
Do not ask if a man has been through college. Ask if a college has been through him. Chapin.
Do not, as some ungracious pastors do, / Show 25 me the steep and thorny way to heaven, / Whilst, like a puffed and reckless libertine, / Himself the primrose path of dalliance treads, / And recks not his own rede. Ham., i. 3.
Do not flatter your benefactors. Buddhist Pr.
Do not, for one repulse, forego the purpose / That you resolv'd to effect. Tempest, iii. 2.
Do not give dalliance / Too much the rein; the strongest oaths are straw / To the fire i' the blood. Be more abstemious, / Or else good night your vow. Tempest, iv. 1.
Do not halloo till you are out of the wood. Pr.
Do not lose the present in vain perplexities 30 about the future. If fortune lours to-day, she may smile to-morrow. Sir T. Martin.
Do not refuse the employment which the hour brings you for one more ambitious. Emerson.
Do not talk Arabic in the house of a Moor. Sp. Pr.
Do not tell a friend anything that you would conceal from an enemy. Ar. Pr.
Do not think of one falsity as harmless, and one as slight, and another as unintended. Cast them all aside; it is better our hearts should be swept clean of them. Ruskin.
Do not train boys to learning by force or harshness; 35 but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be the better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each. Plato.
Do not trouble yourself too much about the light on your statue; the light of the public square will test its value. Michael Angelo to a young sculptor.
Don't be a cynic and disconsolate preacher. Don't bewail and moan. Omit the negative propositions. Nerve us with incessant affirmatives. Don't waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good. Emerson.
Don't be "consistent," but be simply true. Holmes.
Don't budge, if you are at ease where you are. Ger. Pr.
Don't despise a slight wound or a poor relative. 40 Dan. Pr.
Don't dissipate your powers; strive constantly to concentrate them. Genius thinks it can do whatever it sees others doing, but it is sure to repent of every ill-judged outlay. Goethe.
Don terrible de la familiarité—The terrible gift of familiarity. Mirabeau.
Don't fly till your wings are fledged. Ger. Pr.
Don't hate; only pity and avoid those that follow lies. Carlyle.
Don't put too fine a point to your wit, for fear 45 it should get blunted. Cervantes.
Don't quit the highway for a short cut. Port. Pr.
Don't reckon your chickens before they are hatched. Pr.
Don't throw away the old shoes till you've got new ones. Dut. Pr.
Donum exitiale Minervæ—The fatal gift to Minerva, i.e., the wooden horse, by means of which the Greeks took Troy. Virg.
Do on the hill as ye do in the ha'. Sc. Pr. 50
Do right; though pain and anguish be thy lot, / Thy heart will cheer thee when the pain's forgot; / Do wrong for pleasure's sake, then count thy gains, / The pleasure soon departs, the sin remains. Bp. Shuttleworth.
Dormit aliquando jus, moritur nunquam—A right is sometimes in abeyance, but never abolished. L.
Dormiunt aliquando leges, nunquam moriuntur—The law sleeps sometimes, but never dies. L.
Dos d'âne—Saddleback (lit. ass's back). Fr.
Dos est magna parentum / Virtus—The virtue 55 of parents is a great dowry. Hor.
Dos est uxoria lites—Strife is the dowry of a wife. Ovid.
[Greek: Dosis d' oligê te, philê te]—Gift both dainty and dear. Hom.
Dos linajes solo hay en el mundo, el "tener" y el "no tener"—There are but two families in the world, those who have, and those who have not. Cervantes.
[Greek: Dos moi pou stô kai tên gên kinêsô]—Give me where to stand, and I will move the earth. Archimedes.
Dost thou love life? Then do not squander 5 time, for that is the stuff life is made of.