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401. DEBT. Out of debt, out of danger.
402. DEEPEST WATER. In the deepest water is the best fishing.
403. DEEDS. Deeds are fruits, words are but leaves.
404. DEEDS. A life spent worthily should be measured by deeds--not years.
405. DELAYS. Delays are dangerous.
406. DEPTH. Never venture out of your depth until you can swim.
407. DESERT. Desert and reward seldom keep company.
408. DESERVE. First deserve and then desire.
409. DESIRES. Desires are nourished by delays.
410. DESPISES. What one man despises, another craves.
411. DESTINY. Hanging and wiving go by destiny.
412. DEVIL. Talk of the devil and he'll be sure to appear.
413. DEVIL. He that hath shipped the devil must make the best of him.
414. DEVIL. Give the devil his due.
415. DEVIL. Make not the devil blacker than he is.
416. DEVIL. He needs must go that the devil drives.
417. DEVIL. One must sometimes hold a candle to the devil.
418. DEVIL. The devil is not always at one door.
419. DEVIL.
The Devil Was Sick, the Devil a Monk Would Be; The Devil Grew Well, the Devil a Monk Was He.
420. DEW. St. Bartholomew brings the cold dew.
421. DIE. Never say die.
422. DIE. Young men may die, old men must.
423. DILIGENCE. Diligence is a good patrimony.
424. DILIGENCE. Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
425. DINNER. After dinner sit awhile, after supper walk a mile.
426. DINNER. He who would enjoy his friend's dinner should not look into the kitchen.
427. DISTRESS. Two in distress make sorrows less.
428. DISCOURSE. Sweet discourse makes short days and nights.
429. DISCREET. Discreet women have neither eyes nor ears.
430. DISCRETION. An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit.
431. DISEASE. Disease is oft the tax of pleasure.
432. DISEASE. To know the disease is half the cure.
433. DISH. The first dish pleaseth all.
434. DO. Do as you would be done by.
435. DO. We must do as we may, if we cannot do as we would.
436. DOCK. In dock, out nettle.
437. DOCTOR. A doctor and a clown know more than a doctor alone.
438. DOCTOR. An old doctor, a young lawyer.
439. DOG. Every dog has his day.
440. DOG. A good dog deserves a good bone.
441. DOG. It's a bad dog that deserves not a crust.
442. DOGS BARK. Dogs bark before they bite.
443. DONE. If you wish a thing done, go; if not, send.
444. DOOMSDAY. A thousand pounds and a pottle of hay is all one thing at doomsday.
445. DOOR. When one door shuts another opens.
446. DO WELL. Do well, and have well.
447. DOWN. He that's down, down with him.
448. DRAW. You may draw him which way you will, with a twine thread.
449. DROWNING MAN. A drowning man will catch at a straw.
