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

Eschew fine words as you would rouge; love simple ones as you would native roses on your cheek. Hare.

Escuchas al agujero; oirás de tû mal y del ageno—Listen at the keyhole; you will hear evil of yourself as well as your neighbour. Sp. Pr.

E se finxit velut araneus—He spun from himself like a spider.

Esel singen schlecht, weil sie zu hoch anstimmen—Asses 25 sing abominably, because they pitch their notes at too high a key. Ger. Pr.

Es erben sich Gesetz' und Rechte / Wie eine ewige Krankheit fort—Laws and rights descend like an inveterate inherited disease. Goethe.

Es findet jeder seinen Meister—Every one finds his master. Ger. Pr.

Es geht an—It is a beginning. Ger.

Es giebt eine Höflichkeit des Herzens; sie ist der Liebe verwandt.—There is a courtesy of the heart which is allied to love; out of it there springs the most obliging courtesy of external behaviour. Goethe.

Es giebt eine Schwelgerei des Geistes wie 30 es eine Schwelgerei der Sinne giebt—There is a debauchery of spirit, as there is of senses. Börne.

Es giebt gewisse Dinge, wo ein Frauenzimmer immer schärfer sieht, als hundert Augen der Mannspersonen—There are certain things in which a woman's vision is sharper than a hundred eyes of the male. Lessing.