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

Deliramenta doctrinæ—The crazy absurdities of learned men. L.

Delirant reges, plectuntur Achivi—Whatsoever devilry kings do, the Greeks must pay the piper. Hor.

Deliriums are dreams not rounded with a sleep. Jean Paul.

Deliverer, God hath appointed thee to free the oppressed and crush the oppressor. Bryant.

Dell' albero non si giudica dalla scorza—You can't judge of a tree by its bark. It. Pr.

De loin c'est quelque chose, et de près ce n'est rien—At a distance it is something, at hand nothing. La Fontaine.

Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum—He 5 paints a porpoise in the woods, a boar amidst the waves. Hor.

De lunatico inquirendo—To inquire into a man's state of mind.

Delusion and weakness produce not one mischief the less because they are universal. Burke.

Delusion may triumph, but the triumphs of delusion are but for a day. Macaulay.