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 throw away the old shoes till you've got new ones. Dut. Pr.

Donum exitiale Minervæ—The fatal gift to Minerva, i.e., the wooden horse, by means of which the Greeks took Troy. Virg.

Do on the hill as ye do in the ha'. Sc. Pr. 50

Do right; though pain and anguish be thy lot, / Thy heart will cheer thee when the pain's forgot; / Do wrong for pleasure's sake, then count thy gains, / The pleasure soon departs, the sin remains. Bp. Shuttleworth.

Dormit aliquando jus, moritur nunquam—A right is sometimes in abeyance, but never abolished. L.

Dormiunt aliquando leges, nunquam moriuntur—The law sleeps sometimes, but never dies. L.

Dos d'âne—Saddleback (lit. ass's back). Fr.

Dos est magna parentum / Virtus—The virtue 55 of parents is a great dowry. Hor.

Dos est uxoria lites—Strife is the dowry of a wife. Ovid.

[Greek: Dosis d' oligê te, philê te]—Gift both dainty and dear. Hom.