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Deeds not words are required.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Latin)
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Deep draughts, and long morning slumbers, soon make a man poor.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Danish)
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Deep rivers move with silent majesty, shallow brooks are noisy.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Danish)
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Deep swimmers and high climbers seldom die in their beds.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Dutch)
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Deer-hunter, waste not your arrow on the hare.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Chinese)
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Defeat isn't bitter if you don't swallow it.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Chinese)
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Defer not till to-morrow what may be done to-day.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Chinese)
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Deferred is not annulled.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (German)
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Delays are dangerous.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Italian)
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Deliberate before you act.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Italian)
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Deliberate often--decide once.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Latin)
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Deliberate slowly, execute quickly.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Latin)
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Deprive a mirror of its silver and even the czar won't see his
face.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Russian)
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Desert and reward seldom keep company.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Russian)
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Desire beautifies what is ugly.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Spanish)
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Desire nothing that would bring disgrace.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Latin)
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Desire of glory is the last garment that even wise men put off.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Latin)
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Desires are nourished by delays.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Latin)
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Despair doubles our strength.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (English)
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Despair gives courage to a coward.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (English)
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Desperate cuts must have desperate cures.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (English)
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Desperate diseases must have desperate remedies.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (English)
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Desperate ills require desperate remedies.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (French)
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Desperate maladies require desperate remedies.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (French)
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Despise learning and make everyone pay for your ignorance.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Chinese)
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Despise not a small wound or a poor kinsman.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Chinese)
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Despise not a small wound, a poor kinsman, or an humble enemy.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Danish)
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Despise not the weak: the gnat stings the eyes of the lion.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Latin)
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Despise school and remain a fool.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Latin)
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Despise your enemy and you will soon be beaten.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Portuguese)
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Destroy the lion while he is but a whelp.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Portuguese)
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Deviate an inch, lose a thousand miles.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Chinese)
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Devil take the hindmost.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Chinese)
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Devils must be driven out with devils.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (German)
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Diamond cut diamond.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (French)
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Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not
dismount.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Hindustani)
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Diet cures more than the lancet.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Hindustani)
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Different fields, different grasshoppers; different seas,
different fish.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Indonesian)
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Different men have different opinions;
Some like apples, some onions.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Indonesian)
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Different men like different things.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Latin)
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Different pursuits suit different ages.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Latin)
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Different strokes for different folks.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Latin)
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Different times different manners.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Italian)
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Differing in words, not in reality. [A verbal, not an actual
difference.]
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Latin)
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Dig a well before you are thirsty.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Chinese)
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Dig a well every day to drink water every day.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Hindu)
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Dig your well before you're thirsty.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Hindu)
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Diligence is a great teacher.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Arabian)
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Diligence is the mother of good luck.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Arabian)
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Diligent work makes a skilful workman.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Danish)
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