=Daar niets goeds in is, gaat niets goeds nit=--Where 20
no good is in, no good comes out. _Dut.
Pr._
=Daar 't een mensch wee doet, daar heeft hij
de hand=--A man lays his hand where he feels
the pain. _Dut. Pr._
=Daar twee kijven hebben ze beiden schuld=--When
two quarrel both are to blame. _Dut. Pr._
=Daar zijn meer dieven als er opgehangen
worden=--There are more thieves than are hanged.
_Dut. Pr._
=Dabit Deus his quoque finem=--God will put an
end to these calamities also. _Virg._
=Da capo=--From the beginning. _It._ 25
=D'accord=--Agreed; in tune. _Fr._
=Da chi mi fido, / Guardi mi Dio. / Da chi non mi
fido, / Mi guarderò io=--From him I trust may
God keep me; from him I do not trust I will
keep myself. _It. Pr._
=Dachtet ihr, der Löwe schliefe, weil er nicht
brüllte?=--Did you think the lion was sleeping
because it did not roar? _Schiller._
=Da die Götter menschlicher noch waren, /
Waren Menschen göttlicher=--When the gods
were more human, men were more divine.
_Schiller._
=Dádivas quebrantan peñas=--Gifts dissolve rocks. 30
_Sp. Pr._
=Da du Welt nicht kannst entsagen, / Erobre
dir sie mit Gewalt=--Where thou canst not renounce
the world, subdue it under thee by force.
_Platen._
=Dafür bin ich ein Mann, dass sich aushalte in
dem was ich begonnen, dass ich einstehe
mit Leib und Leben für das Trachten meines
Geistes=--For this end am I a man, that I should
persevere steadfastly in what I have began, and
answer with my life for the aspiration of my
spirit. _Laube._
=Daily life is more instructive than the most
effective book.= _Goethe._
[Greek: daitos eïsês]--An equal diet. _Hom._
[Greek: Dakry' adakrya]--Tearless tears. _Eurip._ 35
=Dal detto al fatto v'è un gran tratto=--From
saying to doing is a long stride. _It. Pr._
=Da locum melioribus=--Make way for your betters.
_Ter._
=Dame donde me asiente, que yo me haré donde
me acueste=--Give where I may sit down, and
I will make where I may lie down. _Sp. Pr._
=Dames quêteuses=--Ladies who collect for the
poor. _Fr._
=Dämmerung ist Menschenlos in jeder Beziehung=--Twilight 40
(of dawn) is the lot of man
in every relation. _Feuchtersleben._
=Damna minus consueta movent=--Losses we are
accustomed to, affect us little. _Juv._
=Damnant quod non intelligunt=--They condemn
what they do not understand. _Quinct._
=Damn'd neuters, in their middle way of steering,
/ Are neither fish, nor flesh, nor good red-herring.=
_Dryden._
=Damnosa hæreditas=--An inheritance which entails
loss. _L._
=Damnosa quid non imminuit dies?=--What is 45
there that corroding time does not impair?
_Hor._
=Damnum absque injuria=--Loss without injustice.
_L._
=Damnum appellandum est cum mala fama
lucrum=--Gain at the expense of credit must be
set down as loss. _Pr._
=Damn with faint praise, assent with civil
leer, / And without sneering, teach the rest
to sneer. / Willing to wound, and yet afraid
to strike; / Just hint a fault, and hesitate
dislike.= _Pope._
=Danari fanno danari=--Money breeds money.
_It. Pr._
=Dance attendance on their lordships' pleasure.= 50
_Hen. VIII._, v. 2.
=Dan Chaucer, well of English undefiled, / On
Fame's eternal bead-roll worthy to be filed.=
_Spenser._
=Dandies, when first-rate, are generally very
agreeable men.= _Bulwer Lytton._
=Danger for danger's sake is senseless.= _Victor
Hugo._
=Danger is the very basis of superstition. It
produces a searching after help supernaturally
when human means are no longer supposed
to be available.= _B. R. Haydon._
=Danger levels man and brute, / And all are
fellows in their need.= _Byron._
=Danger past, God forgotten.= _Pr._ 5
=Dannosa è il dono che toglie la libertà=--Injurious
is the gift that takes away our liberty.
_It. Pr._
=Dans l'adversité de nos meilleurs amis, nous
trouvons toujours quelque chose qui ne nous
déplait pas=--In the misfortune of our best
friends we find always something which does
not displease us. _La Roche._
=Dans la morale, comme l'art, dire n'est rien,
faire est tout=--In morals as in art, talking is
nothing, doing is all. _Renan._
=Dans l'art d'intéresser consiste l'art d'écrire=--The
art of writing consists in the art of interesting.
_Fr._
=Dans le nombre de quarante ne fait-il pas un= 10
=zéro?=--In the number forty is there not bound to
be a cipher? _Fr._
=Dans les conseils d'un état, il ne faut pas tant
regarder ce qu'on doit faire, que ce qu'on
peut faire=--In the councils of a state, the question
is not so much what ought to be done, as
what can be done. _Fr._
=Dante was very bad company, and was never
invited to dinner.= _Emerson._
=Dante, who loved well because he hated, /
Hated wickedness that hinders loving.=
_Browning._
=Dantur opes nulli nunc nisi divitibus=--Wealth
now-a-days goes all to the rich. _Mart._
=Dapes inemptæ=--Dainties unbought, _i.e._, home 15
produce. _Hor._
=Dapibus supremi / Grata testudo Jovis=--The
shell (lyre) a welcome accompaniment at the
banquets of sovereign Jove. _Hor._
=Dare pondus idonea fumo=--Fit only to give importance
to trifles (_lit._ give weight to smoke).
_Pr._
=Dare to be true, nothing can need a lie; / A
fault which needs it most, grows two thereby.=
_George Herbert._
=Daring nonsense seldom fails to hit, / Like
scattered shot, and pass with some for wit.=
_Butler._
=Darkness visible.= _Milton._ 20
=Darkness which may be felt.= _Bible._
=Dark night, that from the eye his function
takes, / The ear more quick of apprehension
makes.= _Mid. N. Dream_, iii. 2.
=Dark with excessive bright.= _Milton._
=Das Alte stürzt, es ändert sich die Zeit, / Und
neues Leben blüht aus den Ruinen=--The old
falls, the time changes, and new life blossoms
out of the ruins. _Schiller._
=Das Alter der göttlichen Phantasie / Es= 25
=ist verschwunden, es kehret nie=--The age
of divine fantasy is gone, never to return.
_Schiller._
=Das Alter wägt, die Jugend wagt=--Age considers,
youth ventures. _Raupach._
=Das arme Herz, hienieden / Von manchem
Sturm bewegt, / Erlangt den wahren Frieden,
/ Nur, wo es nicht mehr schlägt=--The
poor heart, agitated on earth by many a storm,
attains true peace only when it ceases to beat.
_Salis-Seewis._
=Das Auge des Herrn schafft mehr als seine
beiden Hände=--The master's eye does more than
both his hands. _Ger. Pr._
=Das begreife ein andrer als ich!=--Let another
try to understand that; I cannot. _A. Lortzing._
=Das Beste, was wir von der Geschichte haben,= 30
=ist der Enthusiasmus, den sie erregt=--The
best benefit we derive from history is the enthusiasm
which it excites. _Goethe._
=Das Edle zu erkennen ist Gewinnst / Der
nimmer uns entrissen werden kann=--The
ability to appreciate what is noble is a gain
which no one can ever take from us. _Goethe._
=Das einfach Schöne soll der Kenner schätzen; /
Verziertes aber spricht der Menge zu=--The
connoisseur of art must be able to appreciate what
is simply beautiful, but the common run of people
are satisfied with ornament. _Goethe._
=Das Erste und Letzte, was vom Genie gefordert
wird, ist Wahrheitsliebe=--The first and last
thing which is required of genius is love of truth.
_Goethe._
=Das Geeinte zu entzweien, das Entzweite zu
einigen, ist das Leben der Natur=--Dividing
the united, uniting the divided, is the life of
Nature. _Goethe._
=Das Geheimniss ist für die Glücklichen=--Mystery 35
is for the favoured of fortune. _Schiller._
=Das Genie erfindet, der Witz findet bloss=--Genius
invents, wit merely finds. _Weber._
=Das Gesetz ist der Freund des Schwachen=--Law
is the protector of the weak. _Schiller._
=Das Gesetz nur kann uns Freiheit geben=--Only
law can give us freedom. _Goethe._
=Das Gewebe dieser Welt ist aus Nothwendigkeit
und Zufall gebildet; die Vernunft
des Menschen stellt sich zwischen beide,
und weiss sie zu beherrschen=--The web of this
world is woven out of necessity and contingency;
the reason of man places itself between the two,
and knows how to control them. _Goethe._
=Das glaub' ich=--That is exactly my opinion. 40
_Ger. Pr._
=Das Glück deiner Tage / Wäge nicht mit
der Goldwage. / Wirst du die Krämerwage
nehmen, / So wirst du dich schämen und dich
bequemen=--Weigh not the happiness of thy days
with goldsmith's scales. Shouldst thou take the
merchant's, thou shalt feel ashamed and adapt
thyself. _Goethe._
=Das Glück giebt Vielen zu viel, aber Keinem
genug=--Fortune gives to many too much, but
to no one enough. _Ger. Pr._
=Das glücklichste Wort es wird verhöhnt, /
Wenn der Hörer ein Schiefohr ist=--The happiest
word is scorned, if the hearer has a twisted
ear. _Goethe._
=Das grosse unzerstörbare Wunder ist der
Menschenglaube an Wunder=--The great indestructible
miracle is man's faith in miracle. _Jean
Paul._
=Das Grösste, was dem Menschen begegnen= 45
=kann, ist es wohl, in der eigenen Sache die
allgemeine zu vertheitigen=--The noblest function,
I should say, that can fall to man is to
vindicate all men's interests in vindicating his
own. _Ranke._
=Das hat die Freude mit dem Schmerz gemein, /
Dass sie die Menschen der Vernunft beraubt=--Joy
has this in common with pain, that it
bereaves man of reason. _Platen._
=Das Heiligste, die Pflicht, ist leider das,
was wir am öftersten in uns bekämpfen und
meistens wider Willen thun=--Duty, alas!
which is the most sacred instinct in our nature,
is that which we most frequently struggle with
in ourselves, and generally do against our will.
_R. Gutzkow._
=Das Herz gleicht dem Mühlsteine der Mehl
gibt, wenn man Korn aufshüttet, aber sich
selbst zerreibt, wenn man es unterlasst=--The
heart is like a millstone, which yields meal if
you supply it with grain, but frets itself away if
you neglect to do so. _Weber._
=Das Herz und nicht die Meinung ehrt den
Mann=--It is his heart, and not his opinion, that
is an honour to a man. _Schiller._
=Das höchste Glück ist das, welches unsere= 5
=Mängel verbessert und unsere Fehler ausgleicht=--The
best fortune that can fall to a man
is that which corrects his defects and makes up
for his failings. _Goethe._
=Das Hohngelächter der Hölle=--The scoffing
laughter of Hell. _Lessing._
=Das Ideal in der Kunst, Grösse in Ruhe darzustellen,
sei das Ideal auf dem Throne=--Let
the ideal in art, the representation of
majesty in repose, be the ideal on the throne.
_Jean Paul._
=Das ist die wahre Liebe, die immer und immer
sich gleich bleibt, / Wenn man ihr alles
gewährt, wenn man ihr alles versagt=--That
is true love which is ever the same (_lit._ equal
to itself), whether everything is conceded to it
or everything denied. _Goethe._
=Das Jahrhundert / Ist meinem Ideal nicht
reif. Ich lebe / Ein Bürge derer, welche
kommen werden=--The century is not ripe for
my ideal; I live as an earnest of those that are
to come. _Schiller._
=Das Kind mit dem Bade verschütten=--To throw 10
away the child with the bath, _i.e._, the good with
the bad. _Ger. Pr._
=Das Kleine in einen grossen Sinne behandeln,
ist Hoheit des Geistes; das Kleine für gross
und wichtig halten, ist Pedantismus=--To
treat the little in a large sense is elevation of
spirit; to treat the little as great and important
is pedantry. _Feuchersleben._
=Das Leben dünkt ein ew'ger Frühling mir=--Life
seems to me an eternal spring. _Lortzing._
=Das Leben eines Staates ist, wie ein Strom, in
fortgehender Bewegung; wenn der Strom
steht, so wird er Eis oder Sumpf=--The life of
a state, like a stream, lies in its onward movement;
if the stream stagnates, it is because it is frozen or
a marsh. _J. v. Müller._
=Das Leben gehört den Lebendigen an, und wer
lebt, muss auf Wechsel gefasst sein=--Life
belongs to the living, and he who lives must be
prepared for changes. _Goethe._
=Das Leben heisst Streben=--Life is a striving. 15
_Ger. Pr._
=Das Leben ist die Liebe / Und des Lebens
Leben Geist=--Life is love, and the life of life,
spirit. _Goethe._
=Das Leben ist nur ein Moment, der Tod ist
auch nur einer=--Life is but a moment, death
also is but another. _Schiller._
=Das Leben lehrt uns, weniger mit uns / Und
andern strenge sein=--Life teaches us to be less
severe both with ourselves and others. _Goethe._
=Das Nächste das Liebste=--The nearest is the
dearest. _Ger. Pr._
=Das Nächste steht oft unergreifbar fern=--What 20
is nearest is often unattainably far off. _Goethe._
=Da spatium tenuemque moram; male cuncta,
ministrat / Impetus=--Allow time and slight
delay; haste and violence ruin everything. _Stat._
=Das Publikum, das ist ein Mann / Der alles
weiss und gar nichts kann=--The public is a
personage who knows everything and can do
nothing. _L. Roberts._
=Das Recht hat eine wächserne Nase=--Justice
has a nose of wax. _Ger. Pr._
=Das Reich der Dichtung ist das Reich der
Wahrheit / Schliesst auf das Heiligthum, es
werde Licht=--The kingdom of poetry is the
kingdom of truth; open the sanctuary and there
is light. _A. v. Chamisso._
=Das Schicksal ist ein vornehmer aber theurer= 25
=Hofmeister=--Fate is a distinguished but expensive
pedagogue. _Goethe._
=Das schönste Glück des denkenden Menschen
ist, das Erforschliche erforscht zu haben, und
das Unerforschliche ruhig zu verehren=--The
fairest fortune that can fall to a thinking man
is to have searched out the searchable, and restfully
to adore the unsearchable. _Goethe._
=Das schwere Herz wird nicht durch Worte
leicht=--Words bring no relief to a saddened
heart. _Schiller._
=Das Schwerste in allen Werken der Kunst ist
dass dasjenige, was sehr ausgearbeitet worden,
nicht ausgearbeitet scheine=--The most
difficult thing in all works of art is to make that
which has been most highly elaborated appear
as if it had not been elaborated at all. _Winkelmann._
=Das Siegel der Wahrheit ist Einfachheit=--The
seal of truth is simplicity. _Boerhave._
=Das sind die Weisen, / Die durch Irrtum zur= 30
=Wahrheit reisen; / Die bei dem Irrtum
verharren, / Das sind die Narren=--Those are
wise who through error press on to truth; those are
fools who hold fast by error. _Rückert._
=Das Sprichwort sagt: Ein eigner Herd, / Ein
braves Weib sind Gold und Perlen wert=--A
proverb says: A hearth of one's own and a
good wife are worth gold and pearls. _Goethe._
=Das Talent arbeitet, das Genie schafft=--Talent
works, genius creates. _Schumann._
=Das Unglück kann die Weisheit nicht, Doch
Weisheit kann das Unglück tragen=--Misfortune
cannot endure wisdom, but wisdom can
endure misfortune. _Bodenstedt._
=Das Universum ist ein Gedanke Gottes=--The
universe is a thought of God. _Schiller._
=Das Unvermeidliche mit Würde trage=--Bear 35
the inevitable with dignity. _Streckfuss._
=Das Vaterland der Gedanken ist das Herz: an
dieser Quelle muss schöpfen, wer frisch
trinken will=--The native soil of our thoughts
is the heart; whoso will have his fresh must
draw from this spring. _Börne._
=Das Verhängte muss geschehen, / Das
Gefürchte muss nahn=--The fated must happen;
the feared must draw near. _Schiller._
=Das Volk ist frei; seht an, wie wohl's ihm geht!=--The
people are free, and see how well they
enjoy it. _Mephisto, in "Faust."_
=Das Volk schätzt Stärke vor allem=--The people
rate strength before everything. _Goethe._
=Das Vortreffliche ist unergründlich, man mag
damit anfangen was man will=--What is excellent
cannot be fathomed, probe it as and where
we will. _Goethe._
=Das Wahre ist gottähnlich; es erscheint nicht
unmittelbar, wir müssen es ans seinen Manifestationen
errathen=--Truth is like God; it
reveals itself not directly; we must divine it out
of its manifestations. _Goethe._
=Das Warum wird offenbar, / Wann die Toten
aufersteh'n=--We shall know the wherefore when
the dead rise again. _Müllner._
=Das was mir wichtig scheint, hältst du für= 5
=Kleinigkeiten; / Das was mich ärgert hat
bei dir nichts zu bedeuten=--What is to me
important you regard as a trifle, and what puts
me out has with you no significance. _Goethe._
=Das Weib sieht tief, der Mann sieht weit.
Dem Manne ist die Welt das Herz, dem
Weibe ist das Herz die Welt=--The woman's
vision is deep reaching, the man's far reaching.
With the man the world is his heart, with the
woman her heart is her world. _Grabbe._
=Das Wenige verschwindet leicht dem Blick, /
Der vorwärts sieht, wie viel noch übrig bleibt=--The
little (achieved) is soon forgotten by him
who looks before him and sees how much still
remains to be done. _Goethe._
=Das Werk lobt den Meister=--The work praises
the artist. _Ger. Pr._
=Das Wort ist frei, die That ist stumm, der
Gehorsam blind=--The word is free, action
dumb, obedience blind. _Schiller._
=Das Wunder ist des Glaubens liebstes Kind=--Miracle 10
is the pet child of faith. _Goethe._
=Data fata secutus=--Following what is decreed
by fate. _M._
=Dat Deus immiti cornua curta bovi=--God gives
the vicious ox short horns. _Pr._
=Dà tempo al tempo=--Give time to time. _It.
Pr._
=Date obolum Belisario=--Give a mite to Belisarius!
=Dat Galenus opes, dat Justinianus honores /= 15
=Sed Moses sacco cogitar ire pedes=--Galen
gives wealth, Justinian honours, but Moses must
go afoot with a beggar's wallet.
=Dat inania verba, / Dat sine mente sonum=--He
utters empty words; he utters sound without
meaning. _Virg._
=Dat veniam corvis, vexat censura columbas=--He
pardons the ravens, but visits with censure
the doves. _Juv._
=Daub yourself with honey, and you'll be covered
with flies.= _Pr._
=Dauer im Wechsel=--Persistence in change.
_Goethe._
=Da veniam lacrymis=--Forgive these tears. 20
=Da ventura a tu hijo, y echa lo en el mar=--Give
your son luck and then throw him into the
sea. _Sp. Pr._
=Davus sum, non Œdipus=--I am a plain man, and
no Œdipus (who solved the riddle of the Sphinx).
_Ter._
=Dawted dochters mak' dawly wives=, _i.e._ petted
daughters make slovenly wives. _Sc. Pr._
=Day follows the murkiest night; and when
the time comes, the latest fruits also ripen.=
_Schiller._
=Day is driven on by day, and the new moons= 25
=hasten to their wane.= _Smart, from Hor._
=Daylight will come, though the cock does not
crow.= _Dan. Pr._
=Days should speak, and multitude of years
should teach wisdom.= _Bible._
=De adel der ziel is meer waardig dan de adel
des geslachts=--Nobility of soul is more honourable
than nobility by birth. _Dut. Pr._
=Dead men open living men's eyes.= _Sp. Pr._
=Dead scandals form good subjects for dissection.= 30
_Byron._
=De alieno largitor, et sui restrictor=--Lavish of
what is another's, tenacious of his own. _Cic._
=Deal mildly with his youth; / For young hot
colts, being raged, do rage the more.= _Rich.
II._, ii. 1.
=Deal so plainly with man and woman as to
constrain the utmost sincerity and destroy
all hope of trifling with you.= _Emerson._
=Dear is cheap, and cheap is dear.= _Port. Pr._
=Dear son of memory, great heir of fame.= 35
_Milton on Shakespeare._
=Death and life are in the power of the tongue.=
_Bible._
=Death-bed repentance is sowing seed at Martinmas.=
_Gael. Pr._
=Death borders upon our birth, and our cradle
stands in the grave.= _Bp. Hall._
=Death but supplies the oil for the inextinguishable
lamp of life.= _Coleridge._
=Death comes equally to us all, and makes us= 40
=all equal when it comes.= _Donne._
=Death finds us 'mid our playthings--snatches
us, / As a cross nurse might do a wayward
child. / From all our toys and baubles.= _Old
Play._
=Death gives us sleep, eternal youth, and immortality.=
_Jean Paul._
=Death is a black camel that kneels at every
man's door.= _Turk. Pr._
=Death is a commingling of eternity with time;
in the death of a good man eternity is seen
looking through time.= _Goethe._
=Death is a fearful thing.= _Meas. for Meas._, 45
iii. 1.
=Death is a friend of ours, and he who is not
ready to entertain him is not at home.=
_Bacon._
=Death is but another phasis of life, which also
is awful, fearful, and wonderful, reaching to
heaven and hell.= _Carlyle._
=Death is but a word to us. Our own experience
alone can teach us the real meaning of the
word.= _W. v. Humboldt._
=Death is but what the haughty brave, / The
weak must bear, the wretch must crave.=
_Byron._
=Death is sure / To those that stay and those= 50
=that roam.= _Tennyson._
=Death is the only physician, the shadow of his
valley the only journeying that will cure us
of age and the gathering fatigue of years.=
_George Eliot._
=Death is the quiet haven of us all.= _Wordsworth._
=Death is the tyrant of the imagination.= _Barry
Cornwall._
=Death is the wish of some, the relief of many,
and the end of all.= _Sen._
=Death joins us to the great majority; / 'Tis to
be borne to Platos and to Cæsars; / 'Tis to
be great for ever; / 'Tis pleasure, 'tis ambition,
then, to die.= _Young._
=Death lays his icy hand on kings.= _Shirley._
=Death levels all distinctions.=
=Death lies on her, like an untimely frost, / Upon
the sweetest flower of all the field.= _Rom. and
Jul._, iv. 5.
=Death may expiate faults, but it does not= 5
=repair them.= _Napoleon._
=Death opens the gate of fame, and shuts the
gate of envy after it.= _Sterne, after Bacon._
=Death pays all debts.= _Pr._
=Death puts an end to all rivalship and competition.
The dead can boast no advantage
over us, nor can we triumph over them.=
_Hazlitt._
=Death rides in every passing breeze, / He lurks
in every flower.= _Heber._
=Death's but a path that must be trod, / If= 10
=man would ever pass to God.= _Parnell._
=Death shuns the wretch who fain the blow
would meet.= _Byron._
=Death, so called, is a thing which makes men
weep, / And yet a third of life is passed in
sleep.= _Byron._
=Death stands behind the young man's back,
before the old man's face.= _T. Adams._
=Death treads in pleasure's footsteps round the
world.= _Young._
=Death will have his day.= _Rich. II._, iii. 2. 15
=De auditu=--By hearsay.
=Debate is masculine, conversation is feminine;
the former angular, the latter circular and
radiant of the underlying unity.= _A. B.
Alcott._
=De beste zaak heeft nog een goed' advocaat
noodig=--The best cause has need of a good
pleader. _Dut. Pr._
=Debetis velle quæ velimus=--You ought to wish
as we wish. _Plaut._
=De bonne grâce=--With good grace; willingly. 20
_Fr._
=De bonne lutte=--By fair means. _Fr._
=De bon vouloir servir le roy=--To serve the king
with good-will. _M._
=Debt is the worst kind of poverty.= _Pr._
=Debt is to a man what the serpent is to the
bird; its eye fascinates, its breath poisons,
its coil crushes both sinew and bone; its jaw
is the pitiless grave.= _Bulwer Lytton._
=Debts make the cheeks black.= _Arab. Pr._ 25
=De calceo sollicitus, at pedem nihil curans=--Anxious
about the shoe, but careless about the
foot. _L. Pr._
=Deceit and falsehood, whatever conveniences
they may for a time promise or produce, are,
in the sum of life, obstacles to happiness.=
_Johnson._
=Deceit is a game played only by small minds.=
_Corneille._
=Decency is the least of all laws, yet it is the
one which is the most strictly observed.= _La
Roche._
=Deceptio visus=--Optical illusion. 30
=Decet affectus animi neque se nimium erigere
nec subjicere serviliter=--We ought to allow
the affections of the mind to be neither too much
elated nor abjectly depressed. _Cic._
=Decet imperatorem stantem mori=--An emperor
ought to die at his post (_lit._ standing). _Vespasian._
=Decet patriam nobis cariorem esse quam nosmetipsos=--Our
country ought to be dearer to
us than ourselves. _Cic._
=Decet verecundum esse adolescentem=--It becomes
a young man to be modest. _Plaut._
=Decies repetita placebit=--Ten times repeated, it 35
will still please. _Hor._
=Decipimur specie recti=--We are deceived by the
semblance of rectitude. _Hor._
=Decipit / Frons prima multos=--First appearances
deceive many.
=Decision and perseverance are the noblest
qualities of man.= _Goethe._
=Declaring the end from the beginning, and
from the ancient times the things that are not
yet done.= _Bible._
=Decori decus addit avito=--He adds honour to 40
the honour of his ancestors. _M._
=Decorum ab honesto non potest separari=--Propriety
cannot be sundered from what is honourable.
_Cic._
=De court plaisir, long repentir=--A short pleasure,
a long penance. _Fr._
=Decrevi=--I have decreed. _M._
=Decus et tutamen=--An honour and defence.
_M._
=Dedecet philosophum abjicere animum=--It does 45
not beseem a philosopher to be dejected. _Cic._
=De die in diem=--From day to day.
=Dedimus potestatem=--We have given power. _L._
=Dediscit animus sero quod didicit diu=--The
mind is slow in unlearning what it has been long
learning. _Sen._
=Deeds survive the doers.= _Horace Mann._
=Deep calleth unto deep.= _Bible._ 50
=Deep insight will always, like Nature, ultimate
its thought in a thing.= _Emerson._
=Deep in the frozen regions of the north, / A
goddess violated brought thee forth, / Immortal
liberty.= _Smollett._
=Deep on his front engraven / Deliberation sat,
and public care.= _Milton._
=Deep subtle wits, / In truth, are master spirits
in the world.= _Joanna Baillie._
=Deep vengeance is the daughter of deep 55
silence.= _Alfieri._
=Deep vers'd in books, and shallow in himself.=
_Milton._
=De ezels dragen de haver, en de paarden eten
die=--Asses fetch the oats and horses eat them.
_Dut. Pr._
=De facto=--In point of fact.
=Defeat is a school in which truth always grows
strong.= _Ward Beecher._
=Defeat is nothing but education, nothing but 60
the first step to something better.= _Wendell
Phillips._
=Defect in manners is usually the defect of fine
perception.= _Emerson._
=Defectio virium adolescentiæ vitiis efficitur
sæpius quam senectutis=--Loss of strength is
more frequently due to the faults of youth than
of old age. _Cic._
=Defendit numerus junctæque umbone phalanges=--Their
numbers protect them and their
compact array. _Juv._
=Defend me, common sense, say I, / From reveries
so airy, from the toil / Of dropping
buckets into empty wells, / And growing
old with drawing nothing up.= _Cowper._
=Defend me from my friends; I can defend myself
from my enemies.= _Maréchal Villars._
=Deference is the most complicate, the most
indirect, and the most elegant of all compliments.=
_Shenstone._
=Defer no time; / Delays have dangerous ends.=
1 _Henry VI._, iii. 2.
=Defer not the least virtue; life's poor span /= 5
=Make not an ell, by trifling in thy woe. / If
thou do ill, the joy fades, not the pains; / If
well, the pain doth fade, the joy remains.=
_George Herbert._
=Defer not till to-morrow to be wise, / To-morrow's
sun to thee may never rise.= _Congreve._
=Deficiunt vires=--Ability is wanting.
=Defienda me Dios de my=--God defend me from
myself. _Sp. Pr._
=Definition of words has been commonly called
a mere exercise of grammarians; but when
we come to consider the innumerable evils
men have inflicted on each other from mistaking
the meaning of words, the exercise of
definition certainly begins to assume rather a
more dignified aspect.= _Sydney Smith._
=Deformed, unfinished, sent before my time /= 10
=Into this breathing world, scarce half made
up, / And that so lamely and unfashionable, /
That dogs bark at me as I halt by them.=
_Rich. III._, i. 1.
=Deformity is daring; it is its essence to overtake
mankind by heart and soul, and make
itself the equal, ay, the superior of the rest.=
_Byron._
=De fumo in flammam=--Out of the frying-pan into
the fire. _Pr._
=Dégagé=--Free and unrestrained. _Fr._
=De gaieté de cœur=--In gaiety of heart; sportively;
wantonly. _Fr._
=Degeneres animos timor arguit=--Fear is proof 15
of a low-born soul. _Virg._
=Degli uomini si può dire questo generalmente
che sieno ingrate, volubili simulatori, fuggitori
pericoli, cupidi di guadagno=--Of mankind
we may say in general that they are ungrateful,
fickle, hypocritical, intent on a whole skin and
greedy of gain. _Machiavelli._
=Degrees infinite of lustre there must always
be, but the weakest among us has a gift,
however seemingly trivial, which is peculiar
to him, and which, worthily used, will be a
gift also to his race for ever.= _Ruskin._
=De gustibus non disputandum=--There is no disputing
about tastes.
=De hambre a nadie vi morir, de mucho comer a
cien mil=--I never saw a man die of hunger, but
thousands die of overfeeding. _Sp. Pr._
=De haute lutte=--By main force. _Fr._ 20
=De hoc multi multa, omnes aliquid, nemo satis=--Of
this many have said many things, all something,
no one enough.
=Dei gratia=--By the grace of God.
=Dei jussu non unquam credita Teneris=--Fated
she (_i.e._, Cassandra) never to be believed by her
Trojan countrymen. _Virg._
=Deil stick pride, for my dog deed o'd.= _Sc.
Pr._
=Deil tak' the hin'most! on they drive, / Till= 25
=a' their weel-swall'd kytes belyve / Are bent
like drums, / And auld guid man maist like
to rive / "Bethankit" hums.= _Burns._
=Dein Auge kann die Welt trüb' oder hell dir
machen; / Wie du sie ansiehst, wird sie weinen
oder lachen=--Thy eye can make the world dark
or bright for thee; as thou look'st on it, it will
weep or laugh. _Rückert._
=De industria=--Purposely.
=De integro=--Over again; anew.
[Greek: Dei pherein ta tôn theôn]--We must bear what the
gods lay on us.
=Dei plena sunt omnia=--All things are full of God. 30
_Cic._
=Déjeûner à la fourchette=--A meat breakfast.
_Fr._
=De jure=--By right.
=De kleine dieven hangt men, de groote laat
men loopen=--We hang little thieves and let
great ones off. _Dut. Pr._
=Del agua mansa me libre Dios; que de la recia
me guardaré yo=--From smooth water God
guard me; from rough, I can guard myself.
_Sp. Pr._
=De lana caprina=--About goat's wool, _i.e._, a worthless 35
matter.
=Delay has always been injurious to those who
are ready.= _Lucan._
=Delay in vengeance gives a heavier blow.= _J.
Ford._
=Delay of justice is injustice.= _Landor._
=Delectando pariterque monendo=--By pleasing
as well as instructing. _Hor._
=Delenda est Carthago=--Carthage must be destroyed. 40
_Cato Major._
=Del giudizio, ognun ne vende=--Of judgment
every one has some to sell. _It. Pr._
=Deliberando sæpe perit occasio=--An opportunity
is often lost through deliberation. _Pub. Syr._
=Deliberandum est diu quod statuendum est
semel=--We must take time for deliberation,
where we have to determine once for all. _Pub.
Syr._
=Deliberate treachery entails punishment upon
the traitor.= _Junius._
=Deliberate with caution, but act with decision;= 45
=and yield with graciousness or oppose with
firmness.= _Colton._
=Deliberat Roma, perit Saguntum=--While Rome
deliberates, Saguntum perishes. _Pr._
=Delicacy is to the affections what grace is to
the beauty.= _Degerando._
=Delicacy of taste has the same effect as delicacy
of passion; it enlarges the sphere both
of our happiness and misery, and makes us
sensible to pain as well as pleasures, which
escape the rest of mankind.= _Hume._
=Deliciæ illepidæ atque inelegantes=--Unmannerly
and inelegant pleasures. _Catull._
=Deligas tantum quem diligas=--Choose only him 50
whom you love.
=Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, /
To teach the young idea how to shoot.=
_Thomson._
=Deliramenta doctrinæ=--The crazy absurdities of
learned men. _L._
=Delirant reges, plectuntur Achivi=--Whatsoever
devilry kings do, the Greeks must pay the piper.
_Hor._
=Deliriums are dreams not rounded with a sleep.=
_Jean Paul._
=Deliverer, God hath appointed thee to free
the oppressed and crush the oppressor.=
_Bryant._
=Dell' albero non si giudica dalla scorza=--You
can't judge of a tree by its bark. _It. Pr._
=De loin c'est quelque chose, et de près ce n'est
rien=--At a distance it is something, at hand
nothing. _La Fontaine._
=Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum=--He 5
paints a porpoise in the woods, a boar amidst
the waves. _Hor._
=De lunatico inquirendo=--To inquire into a man's
state of mind.
=Delusion and weakness produce not one mischief
the less because they are universal.=
_Burke._
=Delusion may triumph, but the triumphs of
delusion are but for a day.= _Macaulay._
=Delusions are as necessary to our happiness
as realities.= _Bovee._
=Delusive ideas are the motives of the greatest= 10
=part of mankind, and a heated imagination
the power by which their actions are incited.
The world in the eye of a philosopher may
be said to be a large madhouse.= _Mackenzie._
=Del vero s'adira l'uomo=--It is the truth that
irritates a man. _It. Pr._
=De mal en pis=--From bad to worse. _Fr._
=De male quæsitis vix gaudet tertius hæres=--A
third heir seldom enjoys what it dishonestly
acquired. _Juv._
=Demean thyself more warily in thy study than
in the street. If thy public actions have a
hundred witnesses, thy private have a thousand.=
_Quarles._
=De medietate linguæ=--Of a moiety of languages, 15
_i.e._, foreign jurymen. _L._
=Dem Esel träumet von Disteln=--When the ass
dreams, it is of thistles. _Ger. Pr._
=Dem Glücklichen schlägt keine Stunde=--When
a man is happy he does not hear the clock strike.
_Ger. Pr._
=Dem harten Muss bequemt sich Will' und
Grille=--To hard necessity one's will and fancy
(must) conform. _Goethe._
=Dem Herlichsten, was auch der Geist empfangen,
drängt Stoff sich an=--Matter presses
heavily on the noblest efforts of the spirit. _Goethe,
in "Faust."_
=Dem Hunde, wenn er gut gezogen / Wird= 20
=selbst ein weiser Mann gewogen=--Even a
wise man will attach himself to the dog when he
is well bred. _Goethe._
=De minimis non curat lex=--The law takes no
notice of trifles. _L._
=Dem Menschen ist / Ein Mensch noch immer
lieber als ein Engel=--A man is ever dearer to
man than an angel. _Lessing._
=Democracies are prone to war, and war consumes
them.= _W. H. Seward._
=Democracy has done a wrong to everything
that is not first-rate.= _Amiel._
=Democracy is always the work of kings.= 25
=Ashes, which in themselves are sterile, fertilise
the land they are cast upon.= _Landor._
=Democracy is, by the nature of it, a self-cancelling
business, and gives in the long-run
a net result of zero.= _Carlyle._
=Democracy is the healthful life-blood which
circulates through the veins and arteries,
which supports the system, but which ought
never to appear externally, and as the
mere blood itself.= _Coleridge._
=Democracy is the most powerful solvent of
military organisation. The latter is founded
on discipline; the former on the negation of
discipline.= _Renan._
=De monte alto=--From a lofty mountain. _M._
=De mortuis nil nisi bonum= (or =bene=)--Let nothing 30
be said of the dead but what is favourable.
=De motu proprio=--From the suggestion of one's
own mind; spontaneously.
=Dem thätigen Menschen kommt es darauf an,
dass er das Rechte thue; ob das Rechte
geschehe, soll ihn nicht kümmern=--With the
man of action the chief concern is that he do
the right thing; the success of that ought not to
trouble him. _Goethe._
=Den Bösen sind sie los; die Bösen sind geblieben=--They
are rid of the Wicked One, (but)
the wicked are still there. _Goethe._
=De nihilo nihil, in nihilum nil posse reverti=--From
nothing is nothing, and nothing can be
reduced to nothing.
=Denique non omnes eadem mirantur amantque=--All 35
men do not admire and love the same things.
_Hor._
=Den Irrthum zu bekennen, schändet nicht=--It
is no disgrace to acknowledge an error. _R.
Gutzkov._
=Denken und Thun, Thun und Denken, das ist
die Summe aller Weisheit von jeher anerkannt,
von jeher geübt, nicht eingesehen
von einem jeden=--To think and act, to act and
think, this is the sum of all the wisdom that has
from the first been acknowledged and practised,
though not understood by every one, _i.e._, (as
added) the one must continually act and react
on the other, like exhaling and inhaling, must
correspond as question and answer. _Goethe._
=Denke nur niemand, dass man auf ihn als den
Heiland gewartet habe=--Let no one imagine
that he is the man the world has been waiting for
as its deliverer. _Goethe._
=Den leeren Schlauch bläst der Wind auf, / Den
leeren Kopf der Dünkel=--The empty bag is
blown up with wind, the empty head with self-conceit.
_Claudius._
=Den Mantel nach dem Winde kehren=--To trim 40
one's sails (_lit._ to turn one's cloak) to the wind.
_Ger. Pr._
=Den Menschen Liebe, den Göttern Ehrfurcht=--To
men, affection; to gods, reverence. _Grillparzer._
=Denn geschwätzig sind die Zeiten, / Und sie
sind auch wieder stumm=--For the times are
babbly, and then again the times are dumb.
_Goethe._
=De non apparentibus, et non existentibus,
eadem est ratio=--Things which do not appear
are to be treated as the same as those which do
not exist. _Coke._
=De novo=--Anew.
=Den Profit som kom seent, er bedre end aldeles= 45
=ingen=--The profit which comes late is better than
none at all. _E. H. Vessel._
=Den rechten Weg wirst nie vermissen, /
Handle nur nach Gefühl und Gewissen=--Wilt
thou never miss the right way, thou hast
only to act according to thy feeling and conscience.
_Goethe._
=Den schlecten Mann muss man verachten /
Der nie bedacht was er vollbringt=--We
must spurn him as a worthless man who never
applies his brains to what he is working at.
_Schiller._
=Dens theonina=--A calumniating disposition (_lit._
tooth).
=Deo adjuvante non timendum=--God assisting,
there is nothing to be feared.
=Deoch an doris=--The parting cup. _Gael._
=Deo dante nil nocet invidia, et non dante, nil= 5
=proficit labor=--When God gives, envy injures
us not; when He does not give, labour avails
not.
=Deo date=--Give unto God. _M._
=Deo duce, ferro comitante=--God my guide, my
sword my companion. _M._
=Deo duce, fortuna comitante=--God for guide,
fortune for companion. _M._
=Deo ducente=--God guiding. _M._
=Deo favente=--With God's favour. 10
=Deo fidelis et regi=--Faithful to God and the
king. _M._
=Deo gratias=--Thanks to God.
=Deo honor et gloria=--To God the honour and
glory. _M._
=Deo ignoto=--To the unknown God.
=Deo juvante=--With God's help. 15
=De omnibus rebus, et quibusdam aliis=--About
everything, and certain things else.
=De omni re scibile et quibusdam aliis=--On
everything knowable and some other matters.
=Deo, non fortuna=--From God, not fortune. _M._
=Deo, optimo maximo=--To God, the best and
greatest. _M._
=Deo, patriæ, amicis=--For God, country, and 20
friends. _M._
=Deo, regi, patriæ=--To God, king, and country.
_M._
=Deo, regi, vicino=--For God, king, and our neighbour.
_M._
=Deo, republicæ, amicis=--To God, the state, and
friends. _M._
=Deorum cibus est=--A feast fit for the gods.
=De oui et non vient toute question=--All disputation 25
comes out of "Yes" and "No." _Fr. Pr._
=Deo volente=--With God's will.
=Depart from the highway and transplant thyself
in some enclosed ground; for it is hard
for a tree that stands by the wayside to keep
her fruit till it be ripe.= _St. Chrysostom._
=De paupertate tacentes / Plus poscente ferent=--Those
who say nothing of their poverty fare
better than those who beg. _Hor._
=De' peccati de' signori fanno penitenza i poveri=--The
poor do penance for the sins of the rich.
_It. Pr._
=Dependence goes somewhat against the grain= 30
=of a generous mind; and it is no wonder,
considering the unreasonable advantage
which is often taken of the inequality of
fortune.= _Jeremy Collier._
=Dependence is a perpetual call upon humanity,
and a greater incitement to tenderness and
pity than any other motive whatsoever.=
_Addison._
=Depend upon it, if a man talks of his misfortunes,
there is something in them that is not
disagreeable to him.= _Johnson._
=De pilo=, _or_ =de filo, pendet=--It hangs by a hair. _Pr._
=De pis en pis=--From worse to worse. _Fr._
=De plano=--With ease. 35
=De præscientia Dei=--Of the foreknowledge of God.
=Deprendi miserum est=--To be caught is a
wretched experience.
=Depressus extollor=--Having been depressed, I
am exalted. _M._
=De profundis=--Out of the depths.
=De propaganda fide=--For propagating the Catholic 40
faith.
=De publico est elatus=--He was buried at the
public expense. _Livy._
=Der Ausgang giebt den Thaten ihre Titel=--It
is the issue that gives to deeds their title. _Goethe._
=Der beste Prediger ist die Zeit=--Time is the
best preacher. _Ger. Pr._
=Der Böse hat nicht nur die Guten, sondern auch
die Bösen gegen sich=--The bad man has not
only the good, but also the evil opposed to him.
_Bischer._
=Der brave Mann denkt an sich selbst zuletzt=--The 45
brave man thinks of himself last of all.
_Schiller._
=Der civilisierte Wilde ist der schlimmste aller
Wilden=--The civilised savage is the worst of all
savages. _C. J. Weber._
=Der den Augenblick ergreift / Das ist der rechte
Mann=--He who seizes the moment is the right
man. _Goethe._
=Der Dichter steht auf einer höhern Warte /
Als auf den Zinnen der Partei=--The poet
stands on a higher watch-tower than the pinnacle
of party. _Freiligrath._
=Der echte Geist schwingt sich empor / Und
rafft die Zeit sich nach=--The genuine spirit
soars upward, and snatches the time away after
it. _Uhland._
=Derelictio communis utilitatis contra naturam=--The 50
abandonment of what is for the common
good is a crime against nature. _Cic._
=Der Erde Paradies und Hölle / Liegt in dem
Worte "Weib"=--Heaven and Hell on earth lie
in the word "woman." _Seume._
=Der Fluss bleibt trüb, der nicht durch einen See
gegangen, / Das Herz unsauber, das nicht
durch ein Weh gegangen=--The river remains
troubled that has not passed through a lake, the
heart unpurified that has not passed through a
woe. _Rückert._
=Der Frauen Zungen ja nimmer ruhn=--Women's
tongues never rest. _A. v. Chamisso._
=Der Friede ist immer die letzte Absicht des
Krieges=--Peace is ever the final aim of war.
_Wieland._
=Der Fuchs ändert den Pelz und behält den= 55
=Schalk=--The fox changes his skin but keeps his
knavery. _Ger. Pr._
=Der Fürst ist nichts, als der erste Diener des
Staates=--The prince is nothing but the first servant
of the state. _Frederick the Great._
=Der Geist, aus dem wir handeln, ist das
Höchste=--The spirit from which we act is the
principal (_lit._ the highest) matter. _Goethe._
=Der Geist der Medicin ist leicht zu fassen; / Ihr
durchstudiert die gross' und kleine Welt, /
Um es am Ende gehn zu lassen, / Wie's Gott
gefällt=--The spirit of medicine is easy to master;
you study through the great and the little worlds,
to let it go in the end as God pleases. _Mephisto,
in "Faust."_
=Der Geist, der stets verneint=--The spirit that
constantly denies, that says everlastingly "No."
_Goethe's "Mephistopheles."_
=Der Geist ist immer autochthone=--Spirit is
always indigenous, _i.e._, always native to the soil
out of which it springs. _Goethe._
=Der geringste Mensch kann complet sein,
wenn er sich innerhalb der Gränzen seiner
Fähigkeiten und Fertigkeiten bewegt=--The
humblest mortal may attain completeness if he
confine his activities within the limits of his
capability and skill. _Goethe._
=Der Glaube ist der rechte, der, dass er der
rechte bleibt, nicht gezwungen ist einen
andern irrgläubig zu finden=--That faith is the
orthodox which, that it may remain such, is
under no necessity of finding another heterodox.
_Börne._
=Der Gott, der mir im Busen wohnt, / Kann= 5
=tief mein Innerstes erregen; der über allen
meinen Kräften thront, er kann nach aussen
nichts bewegen=--The God who dwells in my
breast can stir my inmost soul to its depths; he
who sits as sovereign over all my powers has no
control over things beyond. _Goethe._
=Der grösste Mensch bleibt stets ein Menschenkind=--The
greatest man remains always a man-child,
or son of man. _Goethe._
=Der grösste Schritt ist der aus der Thür=--The
greatest step is that out of the door. _Ger.
Pr._
=Der gute Mann braucht überall viel Boden=--The
good man needs always large room. _Lessing._
=Der gute Wille ist in der Moral alles; aber in
der Kunst ist er nichts: da gilt, wie schon das
Wort andeutet, allein Können=--Goodwill is
everything in morals, but in art it is nothing: in
it, as the word indicates, only ability counts for
aught. _Schopenhauer._
=Der Hahn schliesst die Augen, wann er krähet,= 10
=weil er es auswendig kann=--The cock shuts
his eyes when he crows, because he has it by
heart. _Ger. Pr._
=Der Handelnde ist immer gewissenlos, es hat
niemand Gewissen, als der Betrachtende=--The
man who acts merely is always without
conscience; no one has conscience but the man
who reflects. _Goethe._
=Der hat die Macht, an den die Menge glaubt=--He
has the power whom the majority believe
in. _Raupach._
=Der hat nie das Glück gekostet, der's in Ruh
geniessen will=--He has never tasted happiness
who will enjoy it in peace. _Th. Körner._
=Der Hauptfehler des Menschen bleibt, dass er
so viele kleine hat=--Man's chief fault is ever
that he has so many small ones. _Jean Paul._
=Der Himmel giebt die Gunst des Augenblicks; /= 15
=Wer schnell sie fasst, wird Meister des
Geschicks=--Heaven gives the grace needed for
the moment; he who seizes it quickly becomes
master of his fate. _Raupach._
=Der Himmel kann ersetzen / Was er entzogen hat=--What
Heaven has taken away, Heaven can
make good. _Rückert._
=Der Historiker ist ein rückwärts gekehrter
Prophet=--The historian is a prophet with his
face turned backwards. _F. v. Schlegel._
=Der höchste Stolz und der höchste Kleinmuth
ist die höchste Unkenntniss seiner selbst=--Extreme
pride and extreme dejection are alike
extreme ignorance of one's self. _Spinoza._
=Der höchste Vorwurf der Kunst für denkende
Menschen ist der Mensch=--The highest subject
of art for thinking men is man. _Winkelmann._
=Deridet, sed non derideor=--He laughs, but I am 20
not laughed at.
=Der Irrthum ist recht gut, so lange wir jung
sind; man muss ihn nur nicht mit ins Alter
schleppen=--Error is very well so long as we are
young, but we must not drag it with us into old
age. _Goethe._
=Der ist edel, / Welcher edel fühlt und handelt=--He
is noble who feels and acts nobly.
_Heine._
=Der Jugend Führer sei das Alter; beiden sei /
Nur wenn sie als Verbundne wandeln, Glück
versichert=--Be age the guide of youth; both
will be happy only if they go hand in hand (_lit._
as confederates) together. _Goethe._
=Der Jüngling kämpft, damit der Greis geniesse=--The
youth fights that the old man may enjoy.
_Goethe._
=Der kann nicht klagen über harten Spruch,= 25
=den man zum Meister seines Schicksals
macht=--He cannot complain of a hard sentence
who is made master of his own fate.
_Schiller._
=Der kleine Gott der Welt bleibt stets von
gleichem Schlag / Und ist so wunderlich, als
wie am ersten Tag=--The little god of the
world (_i.e._, man) continues ever of the same
stamp, and is as odd as on the first day.
_Goethe._
=Der Krieg ist die stärkende Eisenkur der
Menschheit=--War is the strengthening iron
cure of humanity. _Jean Paul._
=Der Künstler muss mit Feuer entwerfen und
mit Phlegma ausführen=--The artist must invent
(_lit._ sketch) with ardour and execute with
coolness. _Winkelmann._
=Der Lebende hat Recht=--The living has right
on his side. _Schiller._
=Der Mann, der das Wenn und das Aber= 30
=erdacht / Hat sicher aus Häckerling Gold
schon gemacht=--The man who invented "if"
and "but" must surely have converted chopt
straw into gold. _G. A. Bürger._
=Der Mann muss hinaus ins feindliche Leben=--A
man must go forth to face life with its enmities.
_Schiller._
=Der Mensch begreift niemals wie anthropomorphisch
er ist=--Man never comprehends how
anthropomorphic his conceptions are. _Goethe._
=Der Mensch denkt, Gott lenkt=--Man proposes,
God disposes. _Ger. Pr._
=Der Menschenkenner steht überall an seinem
Platze=--He who knows man is everywhere in
his place. _Klinger._
=Der Mensch erfährt, er sei auch wer er mag, /= 35
=Ein letztes Glück und einen letzten Tag=--No
man, be he who he may, but experiences a last
happiness and a last day. _Goethe._
=Der Mensch hat nur allzusehr Ursache, sich
vor dem Menschen zu schützen=--Man has
only too much reason to guard himself from man.
_Goethe._
=Der Mensch ist ein nachahmendes Geschöpf
und wer der vorderste ist, führt die Herde=--Man
is an imitative being, and the foremost leads
the flock. _Schiller._
=Der Mensch ist entwickelt, nicht erschaffen=--Man
has been developed, not created. _Oken._
=Der Mensch ist frei geschaffen, ist frei, / Und
würd' er in Ketten geboren!=--Man has been
created free, is free, even were he born in chains.
_Schiller._
=Der Mensch ist frei wie der Vogel im Käfig;
er kann sich innerhalb gewisser Grenzen bewegen=--Man
is free as the bird in the cage:
he has powers of motion within certain limits.
_Lavater._
=Der Mensch ist im Grunde ein wildes, entsetzliches
Thier=--Man is at bottom a savage animal
and an object of dread, as we may see (it is added)
he still is when emancipated from all control.
_Schopenhauer._
=Der Mensch ist nicht bloss ein denkendes,
er ist zugleich ein empfindendes Wesen.
Er ist ein Ganzes, eine Einheit vielfacher,
innig verbundner Kräfte, und zu diesem
Ganzen muss das Kunstwerk reden=--Man
is not merely a thinking, he is at the same
time a sentient, being. He is a whole, a unity
of manifold, internally connected powers, and
to this whole must the work of art speak.
_Goethe._
=Der Mensch ist nicht geboren frei zu sein /= 5
=Und für den Edeln ist kein schöner Glück /
Als einem Fürst, den er ehrt, zu dienen=--Man
is not born to be free; and for the
noble soul there is no fairer fortune than to
serve a prince whom he regards with honour.
_Goethe._
=Der Mensch ist selbst sein Gott, sein Beruf ist:
Handeln=--Man is a god to himself, and his calling
is to act. _Tiedge._
=Der Mensch ist, was er isst=--Man is what he
eats. _L. Feuerbach._
=Der Mensch liebt nur einmal=--Man loves only
once. _Ger. Pr._
=Der Mensch muss bei dem Glauben verharren,
dass das Unbegreifliche begreiflich sei; er
würde sonst nicht forschen=--Man must hold
fast by the belief that the incomprehensible is
comprehensible; otherwise he would not search.
_Goethe._
=Der Mensch muss ein Höheres, ein Göttliches= 10
=anerkennen--ob in sich oder über sich, gleichviel=--Man
must acknowledge a higher, a divine--whether
in himself or over himself, no matter.
_Hamerling._
=Der Mensch versuche die Götter nicht=--Let
not man tempt the gods. _Schiller._
=Der Mensch war immer Mensch, voll Unvollkommenheit=--Man
has ever been man, full of
imperfection. _J. P. Uz._
=Der Mensch, wo ist er her? / Zu schlecht
für einen Gott, zu gut für's Ungefähr=--Man,
whence is he? Too bad to be the work
of a god, too good for the work of chance.
_Lessing._
=Der Muth der Wahrheit ist die erste Bedingung
des philosophischen Studiums=--The
courage of truth is the first qualification for
philosophic study. _Hegel._
=Dernier ressort=--A last resource. _Fr._ 15
=Der Pfaff liebt seine Herde, doch die Lämmlein
mehr als die Widder=--The priest loves
his flock, but the lambs more than the rams.
_Ger. Pr._
=Der preise glücklich sein, der von / Den Göttern
dieser Welt entfernt lebt=--Let him count
himself happy who lives remote from the gods of
this world. _Goethe._
=Der Rathgeber eines Höheren handelt klüglich,
wenn er sein geistiges Uebergewicht
verbirgt, wie das Weib seine Schönheit
verhüllt um des Sieges desto gewisser zu
sein=--The adviser of a superior acts wisely if he
conceals his spiritual superiority, as the woman
veils her beauty in order to be the more certain
of conquering. _Zachariae._
=Derrière la croix souvent se tient le diable=--Behind
the cross the devil often lurks. _Fr.
Pr._
=Der Ring macht Ehen, / Und Ringe sind's, die= 20
=eine Kette machen=--The ring makes marriage,
and rings make a chain. _Schiller._
=Der Rose süsser Duft genügt, / Man braucht
sie nicht zu brechen / Und wer sich mit dem
Duft begnügt / Den wird ihr Dorn nicht
stechen=--The sweet scent of the rose suffices;
one needs not break it off, and he who is satisfied
therewith will not be stung by the thorn.
_Bodenstedt._
=Der Schein regiert die Welt, und die Gerechtigkeit
ist nur auf der Bühne=--Appearance
rules the world, and we see justice only on the
stage. _Schiller._
=Der Schein, was ist er, dem das Wesen fehlt? /
Das Wesen wär' es, wenn es nicht erschiene?=--The
appearance, what is it without the reality?
And what were the reality without the appearance?
(the clothes, as "Sartor" has it, without
the man, or the man without the clothes). _Goethe._
=Der Schmerz ist die Geburt der höheren
Naturen=--Pain is the birth of higher natures.
_Tiedge._
=Der Sinn erweitert, aber lähmt; die That= 25
=belebt, aber beschränkt=--Thought expands,
but lames; action animates, but narrows.
_Goethe._
=Der Stärkste hat Recht=--The right is with the
strongest. _Ger. Pr._
=Der Stein im Sumpf / Macht keine Ringe=--You
can make no rings if you throw a stone into a
marsh. _Goethe._
=Der Tod entbindet von erzwungnen Pflichten=--Death
releases from enforced duties. _Schiller._
=Der Umgang mit Frauen ist das Element guter
Sitten=--The society of women is the nursery of
good manners. _Goethe._
=Der Verständige findet fast alles lächerlich,= 30
=der Vernünftige fast nichts=--The man of analytic,
or critical, intellect finds something ridiculous
in almost everything; the man of synthetic,
or constructive, intellect, in almost nothing.
_Goethe._
=Der Vortrag macht des Redners Glück=--It is
delivery that makes the orator's success. _Goethe._
=Der Wahn ist kurz, die Reu' ist lang=--The
illusion is brief, the remorse is long. _Schiller._
=Der Weg der Ordnung, ging er auch durch
Krümmen, / Er ist kein Umweg=--The path
which good order prescribes is the direct one,
even though it has windings. _Schiller._
=Der Weise hat die Ohren lang, die Zunge
kurz=--The wise man has long ears and a short
tongue. _Ger. Pr._
=Der Weise kann des Mächtigen Gunst entbehren,= 35
=/ Doch nicht der Mächtige des Weisen
Lehren=--The wise man can dispense with the
favour of the mighty, but not the mighty man
with the wisdom of the wise. _Bodenstedt._
=Der Wille ist des Werkes Seele=--What we will
is the soul of what we do. _Ger. Pr._
=Der wird stets das Beste missen / Wer nicht
borgt, was andre wissen=--He will always
lack what is best who does not give credit to
what others know. _Rückert._
=Der Witz ist die Freiheit des Sklaven=--The
witty sally is the freedom of the slave. _Ruge._
=Der Zug des Herzens ist des Schicksals Stimme=--In
the drawing of the heart is the oracle of
fate. _Schiller._
=Descend a step in choosing thy wife; ascend a
step in choosing thy friend.= _The Talmud._
=Description is always a bore, both to the describer= 5
=and the describee.= _Disraeli._
=Deserted, at his utmost need, / By those his
former bounty fed, / On the bare earth exposed
be lies, / With not a friend to close his
eyes.= _Dryden._
=Desiderantem quod satis est, neque / Tumultuosum
sollicitat mare, / Non verberatæ
grandine vineæ / Fundusque mendax=--A
storm at sea, a vine-wasting hail tempest, a disappointing
farm, cause no anxiety to him who is
content with enough. _Hor._
=Desideratum=--A thing desired, but regretfully
wanting.
=Desine fata Deum flecti sperare precando=--Cease
to hope that the decrees of the gods can
bend to prayer. _Virg._
=Desinit in piscem mulier formosa superne=--A 10
beautiful woman in the upper parts terminating
in a fish. _Hor._
=Désir de Dieu et désir de l'homme sont deux=--What
God wishes and man wishes are two different
things. _Fr. Pr._
=Desires are the pulse of the soul.= _Manton._
=Des Lebens Mühe / Lehrt uns allein des
Lebens Güter schätzen=--The labour of life
alone teaches us to value the good things of
life. _Goethe._
=Des Mannes Mutter ist der Frau Teufel=--The
husband's mother is the wife's devil. _Ger. Pr._
=Des Menschen Engel ist die Zeit=--Time is 15
man's angel. _Schiller._
=Des Menschens Leben ist / Ein kurzes Blühen
und ein langes Welken=--The life of man is a
short blossoming and a long withering. _Uhland._
=Despair defies even despotism; there is that
in my heart would make its way through
hosts with levelled spears.= _Byron._
=Despair is like froward children, who, when
you take away one of their playthings, throw
the rest into the fire for madness.= _Charron._
=Despair is the only genuine atheism.= _Jean
Paul._
=Despair takes heart when there's no hope to= 20
=speed; / The coward then takes arms and
does the deed.= _Herrick._
=Despair--the last dignity of the wretched.=
_H. Giles._
=Despatch is the soul of business.= _Chesterfield._
=Desperate diseases need desperate remedies.=
_Pr._
=Despise anxiety and wishing, the past and the
future.= _Jean Paul._
=Despise not any man, and do not spurn anything;= 25
=for there is no man that has not his
hour, nor is there anything that has not its
place.= _Rabbi Ben Azai._
=Despise not the discoveries of the wise, but
acquaint thyself with their proverbs, for of
them thou shalt learn instruction.= _Ecclus._
=Despise your enemy and you will soon be
beaten.= _Port. Pr._
=Despite his titles, power, and pelf, / The wretch
concentred all in self, / Living, shall forfeit
fair renown, / And, doubly dying, shall go
down / To the vile dust, from whence he
sprung, / Unwept, unhonoured, and unsung.=
_Scott._
=Despondency comes readily enough to the
most sanguine.= _Emerson._
=Desponding fear, of feeble fancies full, / Weak= 30
=and unmanly, loosens every power.= _Thomson._
=Despotism is a legitimate mode of government
in dealing with barbarians, provided the end
be their improvement, and the means justified
by actually effecting that end.= _J. S.
Mill._
=Despotism is essential in most enterprises; I
am told they do not tolerate "freedom of
debate" on board a seventy-four.= _Carlyle._
=Despotism is often the effort of Nature to cure
herself from a worse disease.= _Robert, Lord
Lytton._
=Despotism sits nowhere so secure as under the
effigy and ensigns of freedom.= _Landor._
=Despotismus ist der schwarze Punkt in aller= 35
=Menschen Herzen=--Despotism is the black
spot in the hearts of all men. _C. J. Weber._
=Desque nací lloré, y cada dia nace porqué=--I
wept as soon as I was born, and every day
explains why. _Sp. Pr._
=Des Rats bedarf die Seele nicht, die Rechtes
will=--The soul which wills what is right needs
no counsel. _Platen._
=Destiny is our will, and will is nature.=
_Disraeli._
=Destitutus ventis remos adhibe=--The wind failing,
ply the oars.
=Destroy his fib or sophistry--in vain! / The= 40
=creature's at his dirty work again.= _Pope._
=Des Uebels Quelle findest du nicht aus, und
aufgefunden fliesst sie ewig fort=--The well-spring
of evil thou canst not discover, and even
if discovered, it flows on continually. _Goethe._
=Desunt cætera=--The remainder is wanting.
=Desunt inopiæ multa, avaritiæ omnia=--Poverty
is in want of many things, avarice of everything.
_L. Pr._
=Des Zornes Ende ist der Reue Anfang=--The
end of anger is the beginning of repentance.
_Bodenstedt._
=Deteriores omnes sumus licentia=--We are all 45
the worse for the license. _Ter._
=Determined, dared, and done.= _Smart._
=Detested sport, that owes its pleasures to
another's pain.= _Cowper._
=De tijd is aan God en ons=--Time is God's and
ours. _Dut. Pr._
=Det ille veniam facile, cui venia est opus=--He
who needs pardon should readily grant it. _Sen._
=Detour=--A circuitous march. _Fr._ 50
=De tout s'avise à qui pain faut=--A man in want
of bread is ready for anything. _Fr. Pr._
=Detraction's a bold monster, and fears not /
To wound the fame of princes, if it find / But
any blemish in their lives to work on.= _Massinger._
=De trop=--Too much, or too many; out of place.
_Fr._
=Detur aliquando otium quiesque fessis=--Leisure
and repose should at times be given to the weary.
_Sen._
=Detur digniori=--Let it be given to the most
worthy. _M._
=Detur pulchriori=--Let it be given to the fairest.
_The inscription on the golden apple of discord._
=Deum cole, regem serva=--Worship God, preserve
the king. _M._
=Deum colit, qui novit=--He who knows God worships 5
Him. _Sen._
=Deus avertat=--God forbid.
=Deus ex machina=--A mechanical instead of a
rational or spiritual explanation (_lit._ a god
mechanically introduced).
=Deus hæc fortasse benigna / Reducet in sedem
vice=--God will perhaps by a gracious change
restore these things to a stable condition. _Hor._
=Deus id vult=--God wills it. _War-cry of the Crusaders
before Jerusalem._
=Deus major columna=--God is the greater support. 10
_M._
=Deus mihi providebit=--God will provide for me.
_M._
=Deus omnibus quod sat est suppeditat=--God
supplies enough to all. _M._
=Deus vult=--It is God's will.
=Deux hommes se rencontrent bien, mais jamais
deux montagnes=--Two men may meet, but
never two mountains. _Fr._
=Deux yeux voient plus clair qu'un=--A ghost 15
was never seen by two pair of eyes (_lit._ two eyes
see more clearly than one). _Fr._
=Devil take the hindmost.= _Beaumont and
Fletcher._
=Devine si tu peux, et choisis si tu l'oses=--Solve
the riddle if you can, and choose if you dare.
_Corneille._
=Devise, wit; write, pen; for I am for whole
volumes in folio.= _Love's L. Lost_, i. 2.
=De vive voix=--Verbally. _Fr._
=Devote each day to the object then in time,= 20
=and every evening will find something done.=
_Goethe._
=Devotion in distress is born, but vanishes in
happiness.= _Dryden._
=Devotion, when it does not lie under the check
of reason, is apt to degenerate into enthusiasm
(fanaticism).= _Addison._
=De waarheid is eene dochter van den tijd=--Truth
is a daughter of Time. _Dut. Pr._
=Dewdrops are the gems of morning, but the
tears of mournful eve.= _Coleridge._
=De wereld wil betrogen zijn=--The world likes 25
to be deceived. _Dut. Pr._
=Dexterity or experience no master can communicate
to his disciple.= _Goethe._
=Dextras dare=--To give right hands to each other.
=Dextro tempore=--At a lucky moment. _Hor._
=Diamonds cut diamonds.= _Ford._
=Di bene fecerunt, inopis me quodque pusilli /= 30
=Finxerunt animi, raro et perpauca loquentis=--The
gods be praised for having made me of
a poor and humble mind, with a desire to speak
but seldom and briefly. _Hor._
=Dicam insigne, recens, adhuc / Indictum ore
alio=--I will utter something striking, something
fresh, something as yet unsung by another's
lips. _Hor._
=Dicenda tacenda locutus=--Saying things that
should be, and things that should not be, said.
_Hor._
=Dicere quæ puduit, scribere jussit amor=--What
I was ashamed to say, love has ordered me to
write. _Ovid._
=Dicique beatus / Ante obitum nemo supremaque
funera debet=--No one should be called
happy before he is dead and buried. _Ovid._
=Dicta fides sequitur=--The promise is no sooner 35
given than fulfilled. _Ovid._
=Dicta tibi est lex=--The conditions have been laid
before you. _Hor._
=Dictum de dicto=--A report founded on hearsay.
=Dictum factum=--No sooner said than done.
_Ter._
=Dictum sapienti sat est=--A word to a wise man
is enough. _Plaut. and Ter._
=Did charity prevail, the press would prove / A= 40
=vehicle of virtue, truth, and love.= _Cowper._
=Did I know that my heart was bound to temporal
possessions, I would throw the flaming
brand among them with my own hand.=
_Schiller._