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

Doing leads more surely to saying than saying to doing. Vinet.

Doing nothing is doing ill. Pr.

Dolce far niente—Sweet idleness. It. 45

Dolci cose a vedere, e dolci inganni—Things sweet to see, and sweet deceptions. Ariosto.

Dolendi modus, timendi non autem—There is a limit to grief, but not to fear. Pliny.

Doli non doli sunt, nisi astu colas—Fraud is not fraud, unless craftily planned. Plaut.

Dolium volvitur—An empty vessel rolls easily. Pr.

Dolori affici, sed resistere tamen—To be affected 50 with grief, but still to resist it. Pliny.

Dolus an virtus, quis in hoste requirat?—Who inquires in an enemy whether it be stratagem or valour? Virg.

Dolus versatur in generalibus—Fraud deals in generalities. L.