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

Ego ero post principia—I will get out of harm's way (lit. I will keep behind the first rank). Ter.

Ego et rex meus—I and my king. Cardinal Wolsey.

Ego hoc feci—That was my doing.

Egoism is the source and summary of all faults 5 and miseries whatsoever. Carlyle.

Ego meorum solus sum meus—I am myself the only friend I have. Ter.

Ego nec studium sine divite vena, / Nec rude quid prosit video ingenium—I see not what good can come from study without a rich vein of genius, or from genius untrained by art. Hor.

Ego primam tollo, nominor quoniam Leo—I carry off the first share because my name is Lion. Phædr. in the fable of the lion a-hunting with weaker companions.

Ego, si bonam famam mihi servasso, sat ero dives—If I keep my good character, I shall be rich enough. Plaut.

Ego spem pretio non emo—I do not purchase 10 hope with money, i.e., I do not spend my resources upon vain hopes. Ter.

Ego sum, ergo omnia sunt—I am, and therefore all things are.