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

Dinna gut your fish till you get them. Sc. Pr.

Dinna lift me before I fa'. Sc. Pr.

Dinna scald your ain mou' wi ither folk's kail 35 (broth). Sc. Pr.

Di nos quasi pilas homines habent—The gods treat us mortals like so many balls to play with. Plaut.

Diogenes has well said that the only way to preserve one's liberty was being always ready to die without pain. Goethe.

Dios es el que sana, y el médico lleva la plata—Though God cures the patient, the doctor pockets the fee. Sp. Pr.

Dios me dé contienda con quien me entienda—God grant me to argue with such as understand me. Sp. Pr.

Di picciol uomo spesso grand' ombra—A little 40 man often casts a long shadow. It. Pr.

Dira necessitas—Cruel necessity. Hor.

Dirigo—I direct. M.