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

Et semel emissum volat irrevocabile verbum—And a word once uttered flies abroad never to be recalled. Hor.

Et sequentia, Et seq.—And what follows.

Et sic de ceteris—And so of the rest. 45

Et sic de similibus—And so of the like.

"Et tu, Brute fili"—And thou, son Brutus. Cæsar, at sight of Brutus among the conspirators.

Et vaincre sans péril serait vaincre sans gloire—To conquer without peril would be to conquer without glory. Corneille.

Et vitam impendere vero—Stake even life for truth. M.

Et voilà justement comme on écrit l'histoire—And that is exactly how history is written. Voltaire.

Etwas ist besser als gar nichts—Something is better than nothing at all. Ger. Pr.

Euch zu gefallen war mein höchster Wunsch; / Euch zu ergötzen war mein letzter Zweck—To please you was my highest wish; to delight you was my last aim. Goethe.