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

Durum telum necessitas—Necessity is a hard 35 weapon. Pr.

Du sollst mit dem Tode zufrieden sein. / Warum machst du dir das Leben zur Pein?—Thou shouldst make peace (lit. be content) with death. Why then make thy life a torture to thee? Goethe.

Dusting, darning, drudging, nothing is great or small, / Nothing is mean or irksome: love will hallow it all. Dr. Walter Smith.

Dust long outlasts the storied stone. Byron.

Dust thou art, and unto dust thou shalt return. Bible.

Du sublime au ridicule il n'y a qu'un pas—There 40 is but one step from the sublime to the ridiculous. Napoleon.

Dutchmen must have wide breeches. Fris. Pr.

Duties are but coldly performed which are but philosophically fulfilled. Mrs. Jameson.

Duties are ours; events are God's. Cecil.

Duty by habit is to pleasure turn'd; / He is content who to obey has learn'd. Sir E. Brydges.