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

Dextro tempore—At a lucky moment. Hor.

Diamonds cut diamonds. Ford.

Di bene fecerunt, inopis me quodque pusilli / 30 Finxerunt animi, raro et perpauca loquentis—The gods be praised for having made me of a poor and humble mind, with a desire to speak but seldom and briefly. Hor.

Dicam insigne, recens, adhuc / Indictum ore alio—I will utter something striking, something fresh, something as yet unsung by another's lips. Hor.

Dicenda tacenda locutus—Saying things that should be, and things that should not be, said. Hor.

Dicere quæ puduit, scribere jussit amor—What I was ashamed to say, love has ordered me to write. Ovid.

Dicique beatus / Ante obitum nemo supremaque funera debet—No one should be called happy before he is dead and buried. Ovid.

Dicta fides sequitur—The promise is no sooner 35 given than fulfilled. Ovid.

Dicta tibi est lex—The conditions have been laid before you. Hor.

Dictum de dicto—A report founded on hearsay.