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| Saying - Author |
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| Dally not with other folk's spouses or money. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790) |
| Dead men don't bite. - Plutarch (46-120) |
| Dead men tell no tales. - J. Wilson (1664) |
| Deal with the faults of others as gently as your own. - Chinese Proverb |
| Death is the great leveller. - Claudian |
| Death keeps no calendar. - English (on death and dying) |
| Death never takes a wise man by surprise; he is always ready to go. - Jean de la Fontaine (1621-1695) |
| Death pays all debts. - William Shakespeare (1564-1616) |
| Death takes no bribes. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790) |
| Deeds are fruits; words are leaves. - English (on words and deeds) |
| Depend on others and you will go hungry. - Nepalese (on self-reliance) |
| Depend on your walking stick; not on other people. - Japanese (on self-reliance) |
| Destroy your enemy by making him your friend. - Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) |
| Diamond cuts diamond. - Marstow (1604) |
| Different strokes for different folks. - Clarence Darrow (1857-1938) |
| Difficulties make you a jewel. - Japanese (on adversity) |
| Diligence is the mother of good luck. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790) |
| Discretion is the better part of valor. - William Shakespeare (1564-1616) |
| Distance lends enchantment to the view. - Thomas Campbell (1777-1844) |
| Do good and care not to whom. - Portuguese (on good and evil) |
| Do good to thy friend to keep him, to thy enemy to gain him. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790) |
| Do not allow sins to get beyond creeping. - Hawaiian (on the conduct of life) |
| Do not attempt too much at once. - Aesop (c.620-560 BC) |
| Do not be like the cat who wanted a fish but was afraid to get his paws wet. - William Shakespeare (1564-1616) |
| Do not dissect a rainbow. In other words, do not destroy a beautiful phenomenon by overanalyzing it. - Denise LaFrance, artist, 1964 - now. |
| Do not hold everything as gold which shines like gold. - unknown |
| Do not leave for tomorrow what you can do today. - unknown |
| Do not squander time for that is the stuff that life is made of. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790) |
| Do the math; count your blessings. - unknown |
| Do unto others as you would have others do unto you. - Bible |
| Do what comes natural. - unknown |
| Do what is right, come what may. - unknown |
| Dog is a man's best friend. - unknown |
| Dogs bark but the caravan moves on. - Arab Proverb |
| Don't be caught flat-footed. - unknown |
| Don't be led around by the nose. - unknown |
| Don't be too quick to judge. - unknown |
| Don't believe everything you hear. - Aesop (c.620-560 BC) |
| Don't bite off more than you can chew. - unknown |
| Don't bite the hand that feeds you. - unknown |
| Don't boast when you set out but only when you get there.- Russian (on journeys) |
| Don't burn your bridges behind you. - unknown |
| Don't buy other people's problems. - Chinese (on buying and selling) |
| Don't bypass a town where there's a friend.- Malagasy (on journeys) |
| Don't call the alligator, big mouth until you have crossed the river. - Belizean (on criticism) |
| Don't cross the bridge til you come to it. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) |
| Don't count your chickens before they are hatched. - Aesop (c.620-560 BC) |
| Don't cry before you are hurt. - Scottish Proverb |
| Don't cry over spilt milk. - James Howell (1549-1666) |
| Don't cut off your nose to spite your face. - Mid 14th century French Proverb |
| Don't expect things to go right the first time. - unknown |
| Don't find fault, find a remedy. - Henry Ford (1863-1947) |
| Don't get your back up. - unknown |
| Don't gild the lily. - unknown |
| Don't give up the ship. - unknown |
| Don't go barking up the wrong tree. - Davy Crockett (1786-1836) |
| Don't go looking for trouble. - Aesop (c.620-560 BC) |
| Don't halloo until you're out of the wood. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790) |
| Don't hang your hat higher than you can reach. - Belizean (on balance and moderation) |
| Don't have too many irons in the fire. - unknown |
| Don't judge anyone unless you've walked in their moccasins one moon. - Native American Proverb |
| Don't judge of men's wealth or piety by their Sunday appearances. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790) |
| Don't kill the goose that lays the golden egg. - Aesop (c.620-560 BC) |
| Don't let anyone get your goat. - unknown |
| Don't let the critics get you down. - unknown |
| Don't let the grass grow on the path of friendship. - Blackfoot (Native American) (on friendship) |
| Don't look where you fell but where you slipped. - Liberian (on practicality) |
| Don't make a mountain out of a molehill. - Henry Ellis(1859-1939) |
| Don't plant a seed in the sea. - Swahili (East African) (on appropriateness) |
| Don't put all your eggs in one basket. - Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616) |
| Don't put the cart before the horse. - John Heywood (c.1497-1580) |
| Don't pretend to be something you aren't. - Aesop (c.620-560 BC) |
| Don't reinvent the wheel. - unknown |
| Don't rush the river. - unknown; appeared in a horoscope on Dec 2nd, 2003. Thanks to jenfromblock28. The river may be life or it may be financial wealth or it may be your desires. |
| Don't sail out farther than you can row back. - Danish (on prudence) |
| Don't say amen to an unacceptable prayer. - Turkish (on prayer) |
| Don't shoot the messenger. - Old Latin Phrase, "Legatus non violatur." thank you to Graeme Harrison of Sidney, Australia who researched this one and updated our site. |
| Don't spill the beans. - unknown |
| Don't sweat the small stuff. - unknown |
| Don't take any wooden nickels. - American (on authenticity) |
| Don't take no for an answer. - unknown |
| Don't talk unless you can improve the silence. - unknown |
| Don't throw the baby out with the bath water. - unknown |
| Don't toot your own horn. - unknown |
| Don't treat the symptom, instead find the cause. - unknown |
| Don't try to reinvent the wheel. - unknown |
| Don't wish your life away. - unknown |
| Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his brother. - Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931) |
| Doubt is the key to knowledge. - Iranian (on education) |
| Drive gently over the stones. - Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) |
