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

El malo siempre piensa engaño—The bad man always suspects some knavish intention. Sp. Pr.

El mal que de tu boca sale, en tu seno se cae—The evil which issues from thy mouth falls into thy bosom. Sp. Pr.

El mal que no tiene cura es locura—Folly is the one evil for which there is no remedy. Sp. Pr.

Elocution is the adjustment of apt words and 35 sentiments to the subject in debate. Cic.

Eloignement—Estrangement. Fr.

Eloquence, at its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection, but addresses itself entirely to the fancy or the affections, captivates the willing hearers, and subdues their understanding. Hume.

Eloquence is a pictorial representation of thought. Pascal.

Eloquence is in the assembly, not in the speaker. Wm. Pitt.

Eloquence is like flame: it requires matter to 40 feed on, motion to excite it, and it brightens as it burns. Tac.

Eloquence is the appropriate organ of the highest personal energy. Emerson.