Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources / Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them

by Rev. James Wood

Ea sub oculis posita negligimus; proximorum incuriosi, longinqua sectamur—We disregard the things which lie under our eyes; indifferent to what is close at hand, we inquire after things that are far away. Pliny.

Easy-crying widows take new husbands soonest; there's nothing like wet weather for transplanting. Holmes.

Easy writing's curst hard reading. Sheridan.

Eat at your own table as you would eat at the table of the king. Confucius.

Eat at your pleasure, drink in measure. Pr. 15

Eating little and speaking little can never do harm. Pr.

Eating the bitter bread of banishment. Rich. II., iii. 1.

Eat in measure and defy the doctor. Sc. Pr.

Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others. Ben. Franklin.

Eat-weel's drink-weel's brither. Sc. Pr. 20