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

Est aliquid fatale malum per verba levare—It 40 is some alleviation of an incurable disease to speak of it to others. Ovid.

Est animus tibi / Rerumque prudens, et secundis / Temporibus dubiisque rectus—You possess a mind both sagacious in the management of affairs, and steady at once in prosperous and perilous times. Hor.

Est animus tibi, sunt mores et lingua, fidesque—Thou hast a man's soul, cultured manners and power of expression, and fidelity. Hor., of a gentleman.

Est assez riche qui ne doit rien—He is rich enough who owes nothing. Fr. Pr.

Est aviditas dives, et pauper pudor—Covetousness is rich, while modesty is poor. Phædr.

Est bonus, ut melior vir / Non alius quisquam—He 45 is so good that no man can be better. Hor.

Est brevitate opus, ut currat sententia—There is need of conciseness that the thought may run on. Hor.

Est demum vera felicitas, felicitate dignum videri—True happiness consists in being considered deserving of it. Pliny.

Est deus in nobis, agitante calescimus illo—There is a god in us, who, when he stirs, sets us all aglow. Ovid.

Est deus in nobis, et sunt commercia cœli—There is a god within us, and we hold commerce with the sky. Ovid.