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

Die Zukunft decket Schmerzen und Glücke—The future hides in it gladness and sorrow. Goethe.

Different good, by art or nature given, / To different nations, makes their blessings even. Goldsmith.

Different minds / Incline to different objects; one pursues / The vast alone, the wonderful, the wild; / Another sighs for harmony and grace, / And gentlest beauty. Akenside.

Different times different manners. It. Pr.

Difficile est crimen non prodere vultu—It is 25 difficult not to betray guilt by the countenance. Ovid.

Difficile est longum subito deponere amorem—It is difficult to relinquish at once a long-cherished passion. Catull.

Difficile est plurimum virtutem revereri, qui semper secunda fortuna sit usus—It is difficult for one who has enjoyed uninterrupted good fortune to have a due reverence for virtue. Cic.

Difficile est proprie communia dicere—It is difficult to handle a common theme with originality. Hor.

Difficile est satiram non scribere—It is difficult not to indulge in (lit. to write) satire. Juv.

Difficile est tristi fingere mente jocum—It is 30 difficult to feign mirth when one is in a gloomy mood. Tibulle.