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

Divitiæ grandes homini sunt, vivere parce / Æquo animo—It is great wealth to a man to live frugally with a contented mind. Lucr.

Divitiæ virum faciunt—Riches make the man.

Divitiarum et formæ gloria fluxa atque fragilis; 15 virtus clara æternaque habetur—The glory of wealth and of beauty is fleeting and frail; virtue is illustrious and everlasting. Sall.

Divitis servi maxime servi—Servants to the rich are the most abject.

Divorce from this world is marriage with the next. Talmud.

Dla przyjaciela nowego / Nie opuszczaj starego!—To keep a new friend, never break with the old. Russ. Pr.

Do as others do, and few will laugh at you. Dan. Pr.

Do as the bee does with the rose, take the 20 honey and leave the thorn. Amer. Pr.

Do as the lassies do; say "No" and tak' it. Sc. Pr.

Dobrze to w kazdym znale['s]['c] przyjaciela!—How delightful to find a friend in every one. Brodzinski.