Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
Deceive me about the price but not about
the goods.
Deceive not thy physician, confessor, or
lawyer.
Deceive not yourselves.
Deceive the rich and powerful if you will,
but don't insult them.
Deceiving a deceiver is no knavery.
December takes but June repays you.
Declare kinship with the hyena, and all
hyenas are your friend.
Declare your line of conduct without
reticence.
Deed done is well begun.
Deeds are fruits, words are leaves.
Deeds are fruits, words are only leaves.
Deeds are love, and not fine phrases.
Deeds are love, and not sweet words.
Deeds are males, and words are females.
Deeds not words are required.
Deeds speak louder than words.
Deeds, not words.
Deep calls unto deep.
Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts,
little wisdom.
Deep down all men are alike, and that is the
problem.
Deep down everyone’s a Ferengi.
Deep draughts, and long morning slumbers,
soon make a man poor.
Deep rivers move with silent majesty,
shallow brooks are noisy.
Deep swimmers and high climbers usually
don’t die in their beds.
Deer-hunter, waste not your arrow on the
hare.
Defeat is never a bitter brew until one agrees
to swallow it.
Defeat is not failure but trail is total failure.
Defeat isn’t bitter if you don’t swallow it.
Defer not till to-morrow what may be done
to-day.
Deferred is not annulled.
Defiance is the biggest weapon of the weak.
Deficiencies come by the kilo and go by the
gram.
Deid men dae nae herm.
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Delayed is preferable to never (Better late
than never).
Delays are dangerous.
Delays are not denials.
Delays can be dangerous.
Delays increase desires and sometimes
extinguish them.
Deliberate before you act.
Deliberate often, decide once.
Deliberate slowly, execute quickly.
Deliberation often loses a good chance.
Delicious things satiate little.
Dem give yu basket fi carry water.
Demand a kiss from a fat woman, and be
ready to receive a sweet taste.
Democracy is better than tyranny.
Demonstration is the best mode of
instruction.
Denying having eaten while the food is in
the cheek.
Depend on others and you’ll go hungry.
Depend on your walking stick, not on other
people.
Dependence on another is perpetual
disappointment.
Deprive a mirror of its silver and even the
Czar won’t see his face.
Describe, usually with regret, something
that has already happenned and is
irreversible.
Desert and reward seldom keep company.
Desire beautifies what is ugly.
Desire first, death afterwards.
Desire is nourished by delay.
Desire is worse then compulsion.
Desire nothing that would bring disgrace.
Desire of glory is the last garment that even
wise men put off.
Desire of God and desire of man are two.
Desires are nourished by delays.
Desolate darkness, desolate brightness.
Despair doubles our strength.
Despair gives courage to a coward.
Despair is the conclusion of fools.
Desperate cuts must have desperate cures.