Old Sayings : D

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;
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
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)