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

Employment is enjoyment. Pr.

Employment is Nature's physician, and is essential to human happiness. Galen.

Employ thy time well if thou meanest to gain 45 leisure, and, since you are not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour. Ben. Franklin.

[Greek: Empodizei ton logon ho phobos]—Fear hampers speech. Demades.

Empressement—Ardour; warmth. Fr.

Empta dolore docet experientia—Experience bought with pain teaches effectually. Pr.

Empty vessels make the most noise. Pr.

Emulation admires and strives to imitate great 50 actions; envy is only moved to malice. Balzac.

Emulation, even in the brutes, is sensitively nervous; see the tremor of the thorough-bred racer before he starts. Bulwer Lytton.

E multis paleis paulum fructus collegi—Out of much chaff I have gathered little grain. Pr.