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

Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities. Bovee.

Delusive ideas are the motives of the greatest 10 part of mankind, and a heated imagination the power by which their actions are incited. The world in the eye of a philosopher may be said to be a large madhouse. Mackenzie.

Del vero s'adira l'uomo—It is the truth that irritates a man. It. Pr.

De mal en pis—From bad to worse. Fr.

De male quæsitis vix gaudet tertius hæres—A third heir seldom enjoys what it dishonestly acquired. Juv.

Demean thyself more warily in thy study than in the street. If thy public actions have a hundred witnesses, thy private have a thousand. Quarles.

De medietate linguæ—Of a moiety of languages, 15 i.e., foreign jurymen. L.

Dem Esel träumet von Disteln—When the ass dreams, it is of thistles. Ger. Pr.

Dem Glücklichen schlägt keine Stunde—When a man is happy he does not hear the clock strike. Ger. Pr.

Dem harten Muss bequemt sich Will' und Grille—To hard necessity one's will and fancy (must) conform. Goethe.