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 villano en su tierra, y el hidalgo donde quiera—The clown in his own country, the gentleman where he pleases. Sp. Pr.

Elysian beauty, melancholy grace, / Brought from a pensive through a happy place. Wordsworth.

E mala cosa esser cattivo, ma è peggiore esser 5 conosciuto—It is a bad thing to be a knave, but worse to be found out. It. Pr.

Emas non quod opus est, sed quod necesse est: / Quod non opus est, asse carum est—Buy not what you want, but what you need; what you don't want is dear at a cent. Cato.

Embarras de richesses—An encumbrance of wealth. D'Allainval.

Embonpoint—Plumpness or fulness of body. Fr.

E meglio aver oggi un uovo, che dimani una gallina—Better an egg to-day than a hen to-morrow. It. Pr.

E meglio cader dalla finestra che dal tetto—It 10 is better to fall from the window than the roof. It. Pr.

E meglio dare che non aver a dare—Better give than not have to give. It. Pr.

E meglio domandar che errare—Better ask than lose your way. It. Pr.