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

Duo quum faciunt idem non est idem—When 25 two do the same thing, it is not the same. Ter.

Duos qui sequitur lepores neutrum capit—He who follows two hares is sure to catch neither. Pr.

Dupes indeed are many; but of all dupes there is none so fatally situated as he who lives in undue terror of being duped. Carlyle.

Durante beneplacito—During good pleasure.

Durante vita—During life.

Dura più incudine che il martello—The anvil 30 lasts longer than the hammer. It. Pr.

Durate, et vosmet rebus servate secundis—Be patient, and preserve yourself for better times. Virg.

Durch Vernünfteln wird Poesie vertrieben / Aber sie mag das Vernüftige lieben—Poetry loves what is true in reason, but is scared away (dispersed) by subtlety in reasoning. Goethe.

Durum et durum non faciunt murum—Hard and hard (i.e., without mortar) do not make a wall.

Durum! Sed levius fit patientia / Quicquid corrigere est nefas—'Tis hard! But that which we are not permitted to correct is rendered lighter by patience. Hor.