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

Don't be "consistent," but be simply true. Holmes.

Don't budge, if you are at ease where you are. Ger. Pr.

Don't despise a slight wound or a poor relative. 40 Dan. Pr.

Don't dissipate your powers; strive constantly to concentrate them. Genius thinks it can do whatever it sees others doing, but it is sure to repent of every ill-judged outlay. Goethe.

Don terrible de la familiarité—The terrible gift of familiarity. Mirabeau.

Don't fly till your wings are fledged. Ger. Pr.

Don't hate; only pity and avoid those that follow lies. Carlyle.

Don't put too fine a point to your wit, for fear 45 it should get blunted. Cervantes.

Don't quit the highway for a short cut. Port. Pr.

Don't reckon your chickens before they are hatched. Pr.