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

Ecrasons l'infâme—Let us crush the abomination, i.e., superstition. Voltaire.

Edel ist, der edel thut—Noble is that noble does. Ger. Pr.

Edel macht das Gemüth, nicht das Geblüt—It is the mind, not the blood, that ennobles. Ger. Pr.

Edel sei der Mensch / Hülfreich und gut / Denn das allein / Unterscheidet ihn / Von allen Wesen / Die wir kennen—Be man noble, helpful, and good; for that alone distinguishes him from all the beings we know. Goethe.

Edition de luxe—A splendid and expensive edition 55 of a book. Fr.

Editiones expurgatæ—Editions with objectionable passages eliminated.

Editio princeps—The original edition.

Edo, ergo ego sum—I eat, therefore I am. Monkish Pr.

Educated persons should share their thoughts with the uneducated, and take also a certain part in their labours. Ruskin.

Educate men without religion, and you make them but clever devils. Wellington.