Quotations Page 'D'
Friday, 11 October 2024
She has deceived her father, and may thee.
- Shakespeare, Othello -
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No man was ever so much deceived by another as by himself.
- Greville -
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Let your yea be yea : and your nay, nay.
- St.James, V.12 -
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The woman that deliberates is lost.
- Joseph Addison -
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Nor will virtue herself look beautiful unless she be bedecked with the outward armaments of decency and decorum.
- Fielding. Tome Jones -
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Noble deeds that are concealed are most esteemed.
- Pascal -
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Think nothing done while aught remains to do.
- Rogers, Human Life -
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Good deeds ring clear through heaven like a bell.
- Richier -
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I would rather suffer defeat than have cause to be ashamed of victory.
- Quintus Curtius -
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Defeat is a school in which truth always grows strong.
- H.W.Beecher -
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The conquering cause was pleasing to the gods, but the conquered to Cato.
- Lucan Phara Pharasalia -
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Millions of defence but not one cent for tribute.
- Charles C.Pinkney -
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He manned himself with dauntless air.Returned the Chief his haughty stare.
- Scott, Lady of the Lake -
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A man that could look no way but downwards, with a muck rake in his hand.
- Bunyah, Pilgrim's Progress -
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Defer no time; delays have dangerous ends.
- Shakespeare -
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Delay of justice is injustice.
- W.S.Landor, Du Play -
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In delay we waste our lights in vain; like lamps by day.
- Shakespeare -
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Take time enough; all other gracesWill soon fill up their proper places.
-Byron, Advice to Preach Show -
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Delicacy is to mind what fragrance is to the fruit.
- A. Poinoelot -
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