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

Domitæ naturæ—Of a tame nature.

Domus amica domus optima—The house of a friend is the best house.

Domus et placens uxor—Thy house and pleasing 10 wife.

Domus sua cuique tutissimum refugium—The safest place of refuge for every man is his own home. Coke.

Dona præsentis cape lætus horæ, et / Linque severa—Gladly enjoy the gifts of the present hour, and banish serious thoughts. Hor.

Donatio mortis causa—A gift made in prospect of death. L.

Don de plaire—The gift of pleasing. Fr.

Donec eris felix multos numerabis amicos; / 15 Tempora si fuerint nubila, solus eris—So long as you are prosperous you will reckon many friends; if fortune frowns on you, you will be alone. Ovid.

Done to death by slanderous tongues. Much Ado, v. 3.

Donna di finestra, uva di strada—A woman at the window is a bunch of grapes by the wayside. It. Pr.