A dictionary of Proverbs (Oxford Paperback Reference)

difficult see also it is the FIRST step that is difficult.
difficulty see ENGLAND’S difficulty is Ireland’s opportunity.
digging see when you are in a HOLE, stop digging.
DILIGENCE is the mother of good luck

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  1591 W. STEPNEY Spanish Schoolmaster L2V Diligence is the mother of good fortune. La diligencia es madre de la buena ventura. 1736 B. FRANKLIN Poor Richard’s Almanack (Feb.) Diligence is the mother of good Luck. 1875 S. SMILES Thrift ix. Diligence is the mother of good luck. .. A man’s success in life will be proportionate to his efforts. 1972 B. EMECHETA In Ditch vi. Where do people get a system that allows a man to be better off when out of work?.. People.. used to say that diligence was the mother of fortune. "diligence; luck
  

dinner see AFTER dinner rest a while, after supper walk a mile; BETTER a dinner of herbs than a stalled ox where hate is.
Throw DIRT enough, and some will stick
Persistent slander will eventually pass for truth. Cf. L. calumniare fortiter, et aliquid adhaerebit, slander strongly and some will stick.

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  1656 Trepan 34 She will say before company, Have you never had the French Pox? speak as in the sight of God: let them Reply what they will, some dirt will stick. 1678 B. R. Letter to Popish Friends 7 ‘Tis a blessed Line in Matchiavel—If durt enough be thrown, some will stick. 1705 E. WARD Hudibras Redivivus II. 11 Scurrility’s a useful Trick, Approv’d by the most Politic; Fling Dirt enough, And some will stick. 1857 T. HUGHES Tom Brown’s Schooldays I. viii. Whatever harm a.. venomous tongue could do them, he took care should be done. Only throw dirt enough and some of it is sure to stick. 2000 P. LOVESEY Reaper xvi. 201 ‘We both know Owen is full of wind and piss.’ ‘The trouble is not everyone knows that. Throw enough mud, and some will stick.’ "malice; slander