Der wird stets das Beste missen / Wer nicht borgt, was andre wissen—He will always lack what is best who does not give credit to what others know. Rückert.
Der Witz ist die Freiheit des Sklaven—The witty sally is the freedom of the slave. Ruge.
Der Zug des Herzens ist des Schicksals Stimme—In the drawing of the heart is the oracle of fate. Schiller.
Descend a step in choosing thy wife; ascend a step in choosing thy friend. The Talmud.
Description is always a bore, both to the describer 5 and the describee. Disraeli.
Deserted, at his utmost need, / By those his former bounty fed, / On the bare earth exposed be lies, / With not a friend to close his eyes. Dryden.
Desiderantem quod satis est, neque / Tumultuosum sollicitat mare, / Non verberatæ grandine vineæ / Fundusque mendax—A storm at sea, a vine-wasting hail tempest, a disappointing farm, cause no anxiety to him who is content with enough. Hor.
Desideratum—A thing desired, but regretfully wanting.
Desine fata Deum flecti sperare precando—Cease to hope that the decrees of the gods can bend to prayer. Virg.
Desinit in piscem mulier formosa superne—A 10 beautiful woman in the upper parts terminating in a fish. Hor.