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

Eodem collyrio mederi omnibus—To cure all 5 by the same ointment.

Eo instanti—At that instant.

Eo magis præfulgebat quod non videbatur—He shone the brighter that he was not seen. Tac.

[Greek: Epea pteroenta]—Winged words. Hom.

Epicuri de grege porcus—A pig of the flock of Epicurus.

[Greek: Epi to poly adikousin hoi anthrôpoi, hotan 10 dynôntai]—In general men do wrong whenever circumstances enable them. Arist.

E pluribus unum—One of many.

"Eppur si muove"—Yet it moves. Galileo, after he had been forced to swear that the earth stood still.

Equality (Gleichheit) is always the firmest bond of love. Lessing.

Equality (i.e., in essential nature) is the sacred law of humanity. Schiller.