Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources / Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them

by Rev. James Wood

Damn'd neuters, in their middle way of steering, / Are neither fish, nor flesh, nor good red-herring. Dryden.

Damnosa hæreditas—An inheritance which entails loss. L.

Damnosa quid non imminuit dies?—What is 45 there that corroding time does not impair? Hor.

Damnum absque injuria—Loss without injustice. L.

Damnum appellandum est cum mala fama lucrum—Gain at the expense of credit must be set down as loss. Pr.

Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, / And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer. / Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike; / Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike. Pope.

Danari fanno danari—Money breeds money. It. Pr.

Dance attendance on their lordships' pleasure. 50 Hen. VIII., v. 2.

Dan Chaucer, well of English undefiled, / On Fame's eternal bead-roll worthy to be filed. Spenser.

Dandies, when first-rate, are generally very agreeable men. Bulwer Lytton.