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

Death will have his day. Rich. II., iii. 2. 15

De auditu—By hearsay.

Debate is masculine, conversation is feminine; the former angular, the latter circular and radiant of the underlying unity. A. B. Alcott.

De beste zaak heeft nog een goed' advocaat noodig—The best cause has need of a good pleader. Dut. Pr.

Debetis velle quæ velimus—You ought to wish as we wish. Plaut.

De bonne grâce—With good grace; willingly. 20 Fr.

De bonne lutte—By fair means. Fr.

De bon vouloir servir le roy—To serve the king with good-will. M.

Debt is the worst kind of poverty. Pr.

Debt is to a man what the serpent is to the bird; its eye fascinates, its breath poisons, its coil crushes both sinew and bone; its jaw is the pitiless grave. Bulwer Lytton.