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PROVERBS STARTING WITH  - D -

Damage suffered makes you knowing, but seldom rich.
Proverb, (Danish)

Dance to the tune that is played.
Proverb, (Spanish)

Danger and delight grow on one stalk.
Proverb, (English)

Danger is next neighbor to security.
Proverb

Dangerous enemies will meet again in narrow streets.
Proverb, (Chinese)

Dangers are overcome by dangers.
Proverb

Darkness and night are mothers of thought.
Proverb, (Dutch)

Darkness reigns at the foot of the lighthouse.
Proverb, (Japanese)

Daughter-in-law hates mother-in-law.
Proverb, (German)

Daughters and dead fish are no keeping wares.
Proverb

Daughters are brittle ware.
Proverb, (Dutch)

Daughters are easy to rear, but hard to marry.
Proverb, (German)

Daughters may be seen but not heard.
Proverb, (Dutch)

Dawn does not come twice to awaken a man.
Proverb, (Arab)

Dawted daughters make daidling wives.
Proverb

Daylight will come, though the cock do not crow.
Proverb, (Danish)

Dead dogs don't bite.
Proverb, (Dutch, German)

Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour.
Proverb

Dead men do not bite.
Proverb, (Latin)

Dead men tell no tales.
Proverb, (Portuguese)

Dead mice feel no cold.
Proverb

Dead songbirds make a sad meal.
Proverb, (Chinese)

Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own.
Proverb, (Chinese)

Dear God: You do such wonderful things for complete strangers; why not for me?
Proverb, (Yiddish)

Dear is cheap, and cheap is dear.
Proverb, (Portuguese)

Dear physic always does good, if not to the patient, at least to the apothecary.
Proverb, (German)

Dearness gluts.
Proverb, (French)

Dearth foreseen never came.
Proverb, (Italian)

Death always comes too early or too late.
Proverb, (English)

Death and marriage make term day.
Proverb

Death brings to a level spades and sceptres.
Proverb, (Latin)

Death cancels everything but truth.
Proverb

Death closes all doors.
Proverb, (English)

Death defies the doctor.
Proverb, (Latin)

Death does not blow a trumpet.
Proverb, (Danish)

Death does not sound a trumpet.
Proverb, (Congolese)

Death is a black camel that lies down at every door. Sooner or later you must ride the camel.
Proverb, (Arabian)

Death is a black camel which kneels at every man's gate.
Proverb

Death is common to all.
Proverb, (Latin)

Death is in the pot.
Proverb, (Dutch)

Death is nature's way of telling you to slow down.
Proverb

Death is never at a loss for occasions.
Proverb, (Greek)

Death is preferable.
Proverb, (Latin)

Death is the grand leveller.
Proverb

Death is the great leveller.
Proverb

Death is the poor man's best physician.
Proverb, (Irish)

Death keeps no almanack.
Proverb, (Dutch)

Death keeps no calendar.
Proverb

Death pays all debts.
Proverb

Death rides a fast camel.
Proverb, (Arab)

Death rights everything.
Proverb, (Maltese)

Death said to the man with his throat cut, "How ugly you look."
Proverb

Death snatches away the most deserving, and leaves the wicked.
Proverb, (Latin)

Death spares neither Pope nor beggar.
Proverb, (Portuguese)

Dangerous enemies will meet again in narrow streets.
Proverb, (Chinese)

Dangers are overcome by dangers.
Proverb

Darkness and night are mothers of thought.
Proverb, (Dutch)

Darkness reigns at the foot of the lighthouse.
Proverb, (Japanese)

Daughter-in-law hates mother-in-law.
Proverb, (German)

Daughters and dead fish are no keeping wares.
Proverb

Daughters are brittle ware.
Proverb, (Dutch)

Daughters are easy to rear, but hard to marry.
Proverb, (German)

Daughters may be seen but not heard.
Proverb, (Dutch)

Dawn does not come twice to awaken a man.
Proverb, (Arab)

Dawted daughters make daidling wives.
Proverb

Daylight will come, though the cock do not crow.
Proverb, (Danish)

Dead dogs don't bite.
Proverb, (Dutch, German)

Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour.
Proverb

Dead men do not bite.
Proverb, (Latin)

Dead men tell no tales.
Proverb, (Portuguese)

Dead mice feel no cold.
Proverb

Dead songbirds make a sad meal.
Proverb, (Chinese)

Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own.
Proverb, (Chinese)

Dear God: You do such wonderful things for complete strangers; why not for me?
Proverb, (Yiddish)

Dear is cheap, and cheap is dear.
Proverb, (Portuguese)

Dear physic always does good, if not to the patient, at least to the apothecary.
Proverb, (German)

Dearness gluts.
Proverb, (French)

Dearth foreseen never came.
Proverb, (Italian)

Death always comes too early or too late.
Proverb, (English)

Death and marriage make term day.
Proverb

Death brings to a level spades and sceptres.
Proverb, (Latin)

Death cancels everything but truth.
Proverb

Death closes all doors.
Proverb, (English)

Death defies the doctor.
Proverb, (Latin)

Death does not blow a trumpet.
Proverb, (Danish)

Death does not sound a trumpet.
Proverb, (Congolese)

Death is a black camel that lies down at every door. Sooner or later you must ride the camel.
Proverb, (Arabian)

Death is a black camel which kneels at every man's gate.
Proverb

Death is common to all.
Proverb, (Latin)

Death is in the pot.
Proverb, (Dutch)

Death is nature's way of telling you to slow down.
Proverb

Death is never at a loss for occasions.
Proverb, (Greek)

Death is preferable.
Proverb, (Latin)

Death is the grand leveller.
Proverb

Death is the great leveller.
Proverb

Death is the poor man's best physician.
Proverb, (Irish)

Death keeps no almanack.
Proverb, (Dutch)

Death keeps no calendar.
Proverb

Death pays all debts.
Proverb

Death rides a fast camel.
Proverb, (Arab)

Death rights everything.
Proverb, (Maltese)

Death said to the man with his throat cut, "How ugly you look."
Proverb

Death snatches away the most deserving, and leaves the wicked.
Proverb, (Latin)

Death spares neither Pope nor beggar.
Proverb, (Portuguese)


Death squares all accounts.
Proverb

Death takes the poor man's cow and the rich man's child.
Proverb, (French)

Death to the wolf is life to the lambs.
Proverb, (Latin)

Death's day is doom's day.
Proverb

Deaths foreseen come not.
Proverb

Debt is better than death.
Proverb

Debt is worst than poverty.
Proverb

Debt severs love.
Proverb, (Afghan)

Debtors are liars.
Proverb, (German)

Debtors are liars.
Proverb

Debts are like children; the smaller they are the more noise they make.
Proverb, (Spanish)

Deceit and treachery make no man rich.
Proverb, (Danish)

Deceit is in haste, but honesty can wait a fair leisure.
Proverb

Deceive not thy physician, confessor, or lawyer.
Proverb, (Spanish)

Deceive the rich and powerful if you will, but don't insult them.
Proverb, (Japanese)

Deceiving a deceiver is no knavery.
Proverb

Deeds are fruits, words are leaves.
Proverb, (English)

Deeds are love, and not fine phrases.
Proverb, (Spanish)

Deeds are love, and not sweet words.
Proverb, (Portuguese)

Deeds are males and words are females.
Proverb

Deeds not words are required.
Proverb, (Latin)

Deem the best till the truth is tried out.
Proverb

Deep draughts, and long morning slumbers, soon make a man poor.
Proverb, (Danish)

Deep rivers move with silent majesty, shallow brooks are noisy.
Proverb

Deep swimmers and high climbers seldom die in their beds.
Proverb, (Dutch)

Deer-hunter, waste not your arrow on the hare.
Proverb, (Chinese)

Defeat isn't bitter if you don't swallow it.
Proverb

Defer not till to-morrow what may be done to-day.
Proverb

Deferred is not annulled.
Proverb, (German)

Delays are dangerous.
Proverb, (Italian)

Deliberate before you act.
Proverb

Deliberate often--decide once.
Proverb, (Latin)

Deliberate slowly, execute quickly.
Proverb

Deliberating is not delaying.
Proverb

Denying a fault doubles it.
Proverb

Dependence is a poor trade.
Proverb

Deprive a mirror of its silver and even the czar won't see his face.
Proverb, (Russian)

Desert and reward seldom keep company.
Proverb

Desire beautifies what is ugly.
Proverb, (Spanish)

Desire nothing that would bring disgrace.
Proverb, (Latin)

Desire of glory is the last garment that even wise men put off.
Proverb

Desires are nourished by delays.
Proverb

Despair doubles our strength.
Proverb, (English)

Despair gives courage to a coward.
Proverb

Desperate cuts must have desperate cures.
Proverb

Desperate diseases must have desperate remedies.
Proverb

Desperate ills require desperate remedies.
Proverb, (French)

Desperate maladies require desperate remedies.
Proverb

Despise learning and make everyone pay for your ignorance.
Proverb, (Chinese)

Despise not a small wound or a poor kinsman.
Proverb

Despise not a small wound, a poor kinsman, or an humble enemy.
Proverb, (Danish)

Despise not the weak: the gnat stings the eyes of the lion.
Proverb, (Latin)

Despise school and remain a fool.
Proverb

Despise your enemy and you will soon be beaten.
Proverb, (Portuguese)

Destroy the lion while he is but a whelp.
Proverb

Deviate an inch, lose a thousand miles.
Proverb, (Chinese)

Devil take the hindmost.
Proverb

Devils must be driven out with devils.
Proverb, (German)

Diamond cut diamond.
Proverb, (French)

Diamond cuts diamond.
Proverb

Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount.
Proverb, (Hindustani)

Diet cures more than doctors.
Proverb

Diet cures more than the lancet.
Proverb

Different fields, different grasshoppers; different seas, different fish.
Proverb, (Indonesian)

Different men have different opinions;
Some like apples, some onions.
Proverb

Different men like different things.
Proverb, (Latin)

Different pursuits suit different ages.
Proverb, (Latin)

Different strokes for different folks.
Proverb, (modern)

Different times different manners.
Proverb, (Italian)

Differing in words, not in reality. [A verbal, not an actual difference.]
Proverb, (Latin)

Diffidence is the right eye of prudence.
Proverb

Dig a well before you are thirsty.
Proverb, (Chinese)

Dig a well every day to drink water every day.
Proverb, (Hindu)

Dig your well before you're thirsty.
Proverb

Diligence is a great teacher.
Proverb, (Arabian)

Diligence is the basis of wealth, and thrift the source of riches.
Proverb, (Chinese)

Diligence is the mother of good luck.
Proverb

Diligent work makes a skilful workman.
Proverb, (Danish)

Dinners cannot be long where dainties want.
Proverb

Dirty water does not wash clean.
Proverb, (Italian)

Dirty water will quench fire.
Proverb

Disassembled sin is double wickedness.
Proverb

Discover not your silent money (i.e. your hoarded money) to anybody.
Proverb, (Spanish)

Discreet stops make speedy journeys.
Proverb

Discretion in speech is more than eloquence.
Proverb, (English)

Discretion is the better part of valor.
Proverb

Disease is soon shaken
By physic soon taken.
Proverb

Diseases are the interest of pleasures.
Proverb

Disgraced like a man whose own pet bites him.
Proverb, (Madagasy)

Disputing and borrowing cause grief and sorrowing.
Proverb, (German)

Dissemblers oftener deceive themselves than others.
Proverb

Distance lends enchantment to the view.
Proverb

Distant hills look beautiful; near ones are ugly.
Proverb, (Goan)

Distracted by what is far away, he does not see his nose.
Proverb, (Malagasy)

Distrust is poison to friendship.
Proverb, (Danish)

Divide and rule.
[Lat., Divide et impera.]
[Win by creating disunion among your adversaries.]
Proverb, (Latin)

Do and undo, the day is long enough.
Proverb

Do as I say, not as I do.
Proverb

Do as most men do, and men will speak well of you.
Proverb

Do as others do, and few will mock you.
Proverb, (Danish)

Do as you would be done by.
Proverb

Do as you would be done unto.
Proverb, (Latin)

Do as you're bidden and you'll never bear blame.
Proverb

Do business best when the wind's in the west.
Proverb

Do chattering monkeys mimic men,
Or we, turned apes, out-monkey them?
Proverb

Do evil and look for the like.
Proverb

Do good and throw it in the sea.
Proverb, (Palestinian)

Do good if you expect to receive it.
Proverb

Do good to a knave, and pray God he may not do the same to thee.
Proverb, (Danish)

Do good, and care not to whom.
Proverb, (Italian, Portuguese)

Do ill, and expect the like.
Proverb, (Portuguese)

Do it well that thou mayest not do it twice.
Proverb

Do little things now; so shall big things come to thee by and by asking to be done.
Proverb, (Persian)

Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
Proverb

Do not abstain from sowing for fear of the pigeons.
Proverb, (French)

Do not add legs to the snake after you have finished drawing it.
Proverb, (Chinese)

Do not all you can; spend not all you have; believe not all you hear; and tell not all you know.
Proverb

Do not allow the sheep to die for a halfpenny of tar.
Proverb

Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you will be like him yourself.
Proverb

Do not anxiously hope for that which is not yet come; do not vainly regret what is already past.
Proverb, (Chinese)

Do not ask questions of fairy tales.
Proverb, (Jewish)

Do not bathe if there is no water.
Proverb, (Shan)

Do not be in a hurry to tie what you cannot untie.
Proverb, (English)

Do not be like a miser who saves for those who will bury him.
Proverb, (Malagasy)

Do not buy a carrier's ass, or marry an innkeeper's daughter.
Proverb, (Spanish)

Do not buy either the moon or the news, for in the end they will both come out.
Proverb, (Arabic)

Do not call the forest that shelters you a jungle.
Proverb, (Ghanaian)

Do not call to a dog with a whip in your hand.
Proverb, (African)

Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time.
Proverb, (Hebrew)

Do not cut down the tree that gives you shade.
Proverb, (Arabian)

Do not cut the bough you are sitting on.
Proverb, (Romanian)

Do not despise an insignificant enemy, nor a slight wound.
Proverb, (German)

Do not divide the spoil till the victory is won.
Proverb, (German)

Do not drink from a well and throw a stone into it.
Proverb, (Palestinian)

Do not drink poison to quench a thirst.
Proverb

Do not employ handsome servants.
Proverb, (Chinese)

Do not fret for news, it will grow old and you will know it.
Proverb, (Spanish)

Do not give an opinion until it is asked for.
Proverb, (Latin)

Do not give the dog bread every time he wags his tail.
Proverb, (Italian)

Do not halloo until you are out of the wood.
Proverb, (English)

Do not have each foot on a different boat.
Proverb, (Chinese)

Do not insult the crocodile until you've crossed the river.
Proverb

Do not judge by appearances; a rich heart may be under a poor coat.
Proverb, (Gaelic)

Do not judge of the ship from the land.
Proverb, (Italian)

Do not judge the dog by his hairs.
Proverb, (Danish)

Do not judge your friend until you stand in his place.
Proverb

Do not keep a dog and bark yourself.
Proverb

Do not kick away the canoe which helped you to cross the river.
Proverb, (Madagasy)

Do not lend your money to a great man.
Proverb, (French)

Do not lengthen the quarrel while there is an opportunity of escaping.
Proverb, (Latin)

Do not light a fire that you cannot yourself put out.
Proverb, (Gaelic)

Do not look to the peaceful man for cudgels.
Proverb

Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped.
Proverb, (Liberian)

Do not lose honour through fear.
Proverb, (Spanish)

Do not make an elephant out of a fly.
Proverb, (Russian)

Do not make me kiss, and you will not make me sin.
Proverb

Do not make two devils of one.
Proverb, (French)

Do not make yourself so big, you are not so small.
Proverb, (Jewish)

Do not meet troubles half-way.
Proverb

Do not mistake a goat's beard for a fine stallion's tail.
Proverb, (Irish)

Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends.
Proverb, (Czech)

Do not push the river, it will flow by itself.
Proverb, (Polish)

Do not put all your eggs in one basket.
Proverb

Do not put in more warp than you can weave.
Proverb, (Danish)

Do not put your spoon into the pot which does not boil for you.
Proverb, (Romanian)

Do not rake up old grievances.
Proverb

Do not rear a bird of a bad breed.
Proverb, (Portuguese)

Do not rejoice at my grief, for when mine is old yours will be new.
Proverb, (Spanish)

Do not scare the birds you are going to shoot.
Proverb, (Madagasy)

Do not search for a calf under an ox.
Proverb, (Turkish)

Do not ship all in one bottom.
Proverb, (German)

Do not speak of a rhinoceros if there is no tree nearby.
Proverb, (African Zulu)

Do not spread your corn to dry at an enemy's door.
Proverb, (Asturian)

Do not spur a free horse.
Proverb

Do not stand in a place of danger trusting in miracles.
Proverb

Do not steal a loaf from him that kneads and bakes.
Proverb, (Spanish)

Do not strip before bedtime.
Proverb, (French)

Do not stuff your servant with bread, and he won't ask for cheese.
Proverb, (Spanish)

Do not talk Arabic in the house of a Moor.
Proverb, (Chinese, Spanish)

Do not tear down the east wall to repair the west.
Proverb, (Chinese)

Do not tell the man who is carrying you that he stinks.
Proverb, (Sierra Leonean)

Do not tell your secrets behind a wall or a hedge.
Proverb, (Spanish)

Do not throw a stone at the mouse and break the precious vase.
Proverb

Do not throw pearls to swine.
Proverb

Do not throw the arrow which will return against you.
Proverb, (Kurdish)

Do not treat your loved one like a swinging door: you are fond of it but you push it back and forth.
Proverb, (Madagasy)

Do not triumph before the victory.
Proverb, (English)

Do not try to cook the goat's young in the goat's milk.
Proverb, (Baguirmi)

Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead.
Proverb, (Chinese)

Do not wade where you see no bottom.
Proverb, (Danish)

Do not wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not he that you wrong but yourself.
Proverb, (Native American Pima)

Do on the hill as you would do in the hall.
Proverb

Do right and fear no man.
Proverb

Do the likeliest and hope the best.
Proverb

Do unto others as you would be done unto.
Proverb

Do unto others as you would they should do unto you.
Proverb

Do well and have well.
Proverb, (Latin)

Do well the little things now; so shall great things come to thee by and by asking to be done.
Proverb, (Persian)

Do what I say well, and not what I do ill.
Proverb, (Spanish)

Do what the friar says, and not what he does.
Proverb, (Spanish)

Do what thou doest. (Age quod agis.)
Proverb, (German)

Do what thou oughtest and come what can come.
Proverb

Do what you ought, come what may.
Proverb, (French, Italian)

Do when ye may, or suffer ye the nay, in love 'tis the way.
Proverb, (English)

Do wrong once and you'll never hear the end of it.
Proverb

Do you carry the trough, husband, and I will carry the sieve, which is as heavy as the devil.
Proverb, (Spanish)

Do you speak English? (Meaning, Have you got any money?)
Proverb, (Dutch)

Do you want better bread than wheaten?
Proverb, (French)

Do you want to buy cheap? Buy of a needy fool.
Proverb, (Spanish)

Do you want to see a wolf with young (i.e. an insatiable plunderer)? Marry your daughter.
Proverb, (Spanish)

Do you wish people to think well of you? Don't speak.
Proverb, (French)

Doctor Luther's shoes do not fit every parish priest.
Proverb, (German)

Does the left hand chop off the right?
Proverb, (Darkovan)

Does your neighbour love you? Lend him a sequin.
Proverb, (Italian)

Dog does not eat dog.
Proverb

Dog won't eat dog.
Proverb

Dogs bark as they are bred.
Proverb

Dogs bark at hose they don't know.
Proverb, (Italian)

Dogs bark before they bite.
Proverb

Dogs bark, but the caravan goes on.
Proverb

Dogs do not dislike poor families.
Proverb, (Chinese)

Dogs have so many friends because they wag their tails, not their tongues.
Proverb

Dogs have teeth in all countries.
Proverb, (Dutch)

Dogs that bark at a distance bite not at hand.
Proverb

Dogs that bark at a distance never bite.
Proverb

Dogs that bark much don't bite.
Proverb, (German)

Dogs wag their tails not so much in love to you as to your bread.
Proverb

Doing nothing is doing ill.
Proverb

Doing nothing teaches doing ill.
Proverb, (German)

Dominies come for your wine, and officers for your daughters.
Proverb, (Dutch)

Don't approach a goat from the front, a horse from the back, or a fool from any side.
Proverb

Don't ask a dog to judge between a pillar and a tree.
Proverb, (Darkovan)

Don't bargain for fish which are still in the water.
Proverb, (Indian)

Don't be a baker if your head is made of butter.
Proverb, (Portuguese)

Don't be a thief and you won't fear the king.
Proverb, (Afghan)

Don't be frightened at high-sounding words.
Proverb, (Latin)

Don't be too sweet lest you be eaten up; don't be too bitter lest you be spewed out.
Proverb, (Jewish)

Don't believe in the saint unless he works miracles.
Proverb, (Italian)

Don't believe what you see, husband, but only what I tell you.
Proverb, (Spanish)

Don't bet more than you can afford to lose.
Proverb

Don't bite off more than you can chew.
Proverb

Don't bite till you know whether it is bread or a stone.
Proverb, (Italian)

Don't budge, if you sit at ease.
Proverb, (German)

Don't build a new ship out of old wood.
Proverb, (Chinese)

Don't buy a cat in a sack.
Proverb, (Dutch, German)

Don't buy a pig in a poke.
Proverb, (Dutch)

Don't call the alligator a big-mouth till you have crossed the river.
Proverb, (Belizean)

Don't carry all your eggs in one basket.
Proverb

Don't carry your head too high, the door is low.
Proverb, (German)

Don't cast your pearls before swine.
Proverb


Don't change horses in mid stream.
Proverb

Don't change horses in midstream.
Proverb

Don't close the barn door after the horse runs away.
Proverb, (American)

Don't consider your reputation and you may do anything you like.
Proverb, (Chinese)

Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.
Proverb

Don't cross the bridge until you come to it.
Proverb

Don't cross the water unless you see the bottom.
Proverb, (Italian)

Don't cry "Hurra!" till you are over the ditch.
Proverb, (German)

Don't cry before you are hurt.
Proverb

Don't cry before you're hurt.
Proverb

Don't cry fish before they're caught.
Proverb

Don't cry fried fish before they are caught.
Proverb, (Italian)

Don't cry herrings till they are in the net.
Proverb, (Dutch)

Don't cry holloa! till you're out of the bush.
Proverb, (Dutch)

Don't cry holloa! till you're over the bridge.
Proverb, (Dutch)

Don't cry hurra! till your are over the hedge (till you are out of the wood).
Proverb, (German)

Don't cry over spilt milk.
Proverb, (American)

Don't cry till you are out of the wood.
Proverb

Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.
Proverb, (American)

Don't dig your grave with your own knife and fork.
Proverb, (English)

Don't divide the spoil before the victory is won.
Proverb, (German)

Don't do that of which you doubt the propriety.
Proverb, (Latin)

Don't draw another's bow, don't ride another's horse, don't mind another's business.
Proverb

Don't empty the water jar until the rain falls.
Proverb, (Philippine)

Don't fall before you're pushed.
Proverb, (English)

Don't find fault with what you don't understand.
Proverb, (French)

Don't fly till your wings are feathered.
Proverb, (German)

Don't get mad, get even.
Proverb

Don't give cherries to pigs or advice to fools.
Proverb, (Irish)

Don't go a-fishing to a famous stream.
Proverb, (Italian)

Don't go near the water until you learn how to swim.
Proverb

Don't go selling the hide while the bear remains in the hole.
Proverb, (Yugoslavian)

Don't guild the lily.
Proverb

Don't hang your hat higher than you can reach.
Proverb, (Belizean)

Don't hide your light under a bushel.
Proverb, (American)

Don't judge a book by its cover.
Proverb, (American)

Don't judge any man until you have walked two moons in his moccasins.
Proverb, (Indian)

Don't just cross a river--cross it bearing fire!.
Proverb

Don't kick the horse you have to ride.
Proverb, (Darkovan)

Don't kill the man at the count's desire.
Proverb, (Spanish)

Don't learn too much, Jack, else you must do a great deal.
Proverb, (German)

Don't leave the high road for a short cut.
Proverb, (Portuguese)

Don't let the bastards grind you down.
Proverb

Don't let the cat out of the bag.
Proverb

Don't let your horse ride you.
Proverb

Don't let your sorrow come higher than your knees.
Proverb

Don't live in a town where there are no doctors.
Proverb, (Jewish)

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
Proverb

Don't make a mountain out of a molehill.
Proverb

Don't make a toil of pleasure.
Proverb

Don't make an oven of your cap or a garden of your belly.
Proverb, (French)

Don't make use of another's mouth unless it has been leant to you.
Proverb, (Belgian)

Don't make waves.
Proverb

Don't make yourself poor to one who won't make you rich.
Proverb, (Portuguese)

Don't marry for money, you can borrow it cheaper.
Proverb, (Scottish)

Don't mention the cross to the devil.
Proverb, (Italian)

Don't offer me advice; give me money.
Proverb, (Spanish)

Don't open a shop unless you know how to smile.
Proverb, (Jewish)

Don't pick a wasp out of a cream-jug.
Proverb

Don't play with the bear if you don't want to be bit.
Proverb, (Italian)

Don't pull hard enough to break the rope.
Proverb, (Portuguese)

Don't put all you eggs in one basket.
Proverb

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
Proverb, (American)

Don't put it in my ear, but in my hand.
Proverb, (Russian)

Don't put new wine into old bottles.
Proverb

Don't put too tight a ring on your finger.
Proverb, (Italian)

Don't reckon without your host.
Proverb, (German)

Don't reckon your eggs before they are laid.
Proverb, (Italian)

Don't reject the good together with the bad.
Proverb

Don't rely on the label of the bag.
Proverb, (French)

Don't rock the boat.
Proverb

Don't run too far, you will have to return the same distance.
Proverb

Don't scuffle with the potter, for he makes money by the damage.
Proverb, (Spanish)

Don't sell the bear-skin before you have killed the bear.
Proverb, (German)

Don't sell the bearskin before the bear is dead.
Proverb, (Dutch)

Don't sell the bearskin before you have caught the bear.
Proverb, (Italian)

Don't sell the skin till you have caught the fox.
Proverb, (Danish)

Don't sell the skin till you've caught the bear.
Proverb, (Dutch)

Don't send away your cat for being a thief.
Proverb, (Spanish)

Don't set sail on someone else's star.
Proverb, (African)

Don't shake the tree when the pears fall off themselves.
Proverb, (Slovakian)

Don't shit on your own doorstep.
Proverb

Don't show me the palm tree, show me the dates.
Proverb, (Afghan)

Don't show your teeth if you can't bite.
Proverb, (French)

Don't shut the barn door after the horse is stolen.
Proverb

Don't snap your fingers at the dogs before you are out of the village.
Proverb, (French)

Don't speak to the man at the helm.
Proverb

Don't speak unless you can improve on the silence.
Proverb, (Spanish)

Don't spoil the ship for a halfpenny-worth of tar.
Proverb

Don't squat with your spurs on.
Proverb, (Cowboy)

Don't stand by the water and long for fish; go home and weave a net.
Proverb, (Chinese)

Don't stay long when the husband is not at home.
Proverb, (Japanese)

Don't stop the way of a bull or of a current of air.
Proverb, (Spanish)

Don't take any wooden nickles.
Proverb

Don't talk Latin before the Franciscans.
Proverb, (French)

Don't talk unless you can improve the silence.
Proverb, (Vermont)

Don't teach fishes to swim.
Proverb, (French)

Don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs.
Proverb

Don't tell a secret to anybody, unless you want the whole world to know it.
Proverb, (Latin)

Don't that just butter your grits.
Proverb

Don't think there are no crocodiles because the water is calm.
Proverb, (Malayan)

Don't throw a stone into a well from which you have drunk.
Proverb, (Yiddish)

Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds water.
Proverb

Don't throw away your dirty water till you have got clean.
Proverb, (German)

Don't throw away your own shoes till you have got new ones.
Proverb, (Dutch)

Don't throw out the baby with the bath water.
Proverb, (American)

Don't throw out your dirty water until you get in fresh.
Proverb

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
Proverb

Don't throw the handle after the bill.
Proverb, (Dutch)

Don't trust too much in appearances.
[Lat., Nimium ne crede colori.]
Proverb, (Latin)

Don't trust your bone to another man's dog.
Proverb, (Darkovan)

Don't try to buy fish in the Dry Towns.
Proverb, (Darkovan)

Don't try to run before you can walk.
Proverb

Don't try to walk before you can crawl.
Proverb

Don't upset the apple cart.
Proverb, (American)

Don't use a lot where a little will do.
Proverb

Don't use an axe to embroider.
Proverb, (Malaysian)

Don't waste good iron for nails or good men for soldiers.
Proverb, (Chinese)

Don't waste too many stones on one bird.
Proverb

Don't yoke the plough before the horses.
Proverb, (Dutch)

Done in by his own trade like a water merchant in the rain.
Proverb, (Malagasy)

Donkey's lips don't fit onto a horse's mouth.
Proverb, (Chinese)

Doth the moon on high care for the barking of a dog?
Proverb, (Latin)

Double charging will break a cannon.
Proverb

Doubt is the key to knowledge.
Proverb, (Iranian)

Doubt makes the mountain which faith can move.
Proverb

Doubtful the die, and dire the cast!
Proverb

Draff is good enough for swine.
Proverb

Draw not thy bow before thy arrow be fixed.
Proverb

Drawn wells are seldom dry.
Proverb

Drawn wells have sweetest water.
Proverb

Dread the anger of the dove.
Proverb, (French)

Dream different dreams while on the same bed.
Proverb, (Chinese)

Dream of a funeral and you hear of a marriage.
Proverb

Dreams are froth.
Proverb, (German)

Dreams are lies.
Proverb, (French)

Dreams go by contraries.
Proverb

Dree out the inch as you have done the span.
Proverb

Dress makes the man.
Proverb

Dress slowly when you are in a hurry.
Proverb, (French)

Drift is as band as unthrift.
Proverb

Drink is the curse of the land. It makes you fight with your neighbor. It makes you shoot at your landlord and it makes you miss him.
Proverb, (Irish)

Drink nothing without seeing it, sign nothing without reading it.
Proverb, (Spanish, Portuguese)

Drink only with the duck.
Proverb

Drink upon salad costs the doctor a ducat; drink upon eggs costs him two.
Proverb, (German)

Drink wine and let water go to the mill.
Proverb, (Italian)

Drink wine upon figs.
Proverb, (Spanish)

Drink wine, and have the gout; drink none, and have the gout.
Proverb

Drinking a little too much is drinking a great deal too much.
Proverb, (German)

Drive a rat into a corner, and he'll jump at you.
Proverb


Drive gently over the stones.
Proverb

Drive not a second nail till the first be clinched.
Proverb

Drive not away what never came near you.
Proverb, (Danish)

Drive not too many ploughs at once, some will make foul work.
Proverb

Drive the nail that will go.
Proverb

Drop by drop fills the tub.
Proverb, (French)

Drop by drop the lake is drained.
Proverb

Drop by drop wears away the stone.
Proverb, (French, Italian)

Drop the jest when it is most amusing.
Proverb, (Italian)

Dropping water makes the rock hollow, not by its force, but by constant action.
Proverb, (Latin)

Drown not thyself to save a drowning man.
Proverb

Drumming is not the way to catch a hare.
Proverb

Drunken folks seldom take harm.
Proverb

Drunkenness makes some men fools, some beasts, and some devils.
Proverb

Dry bread at home is better than roast meat abroad.
Proverb

Dry wood makes a quick fire.
Proverb, (Danish)

Ducats are clipped, pence are not.
Proverb, (German)

Ducks quack loudly before a rain.
Proverb

Dull scissors make crooked-mouthed tailors.
Proverb, (Danish)

Dumb dogs and still water are dangerous.
Proverb, (German)

Dumb folks get no lands.
Proverb

Dummy cannot lie.
Proverb

Dung is no saint, but where it falls it works miracles.
Proverb, (Spanish)

Dwell not upon thy weariness, thy strength shall be according to the measure of thy desire.
Proverb, (Arab)

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