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

[Greek: Heudonti kyrtos hairei]—While the fisher sleeps the 5 net takes. Gr. Pr.

Euge, poeta!—Well done, poet! Pers.

Eum ausculta, cui quatuor sunt aures—Listen to him who has four ears, i.e., who is readier to hear than to speak. Pr.

[Greek: Eurêka]—I have found it. Archimedes when he found out the way to test the purity of Hiero's golden crown.

Europe's eye is fixed on mighty things, / The fall of empires and the fate of kings. Burns.

[Greek: Eutychia polyphilos]—Success is befriended by 10 many people. Gr. Pr.

[Greek: Eutychôn mê isthi hyperêphanos, aporêsas mê tapeinou]—Be not uplifted in prosperity nor downcast in adversity. Cleobulus.

E' va più d'un asino al mercato—There is more than one ass goes to the market. It. Pr.

Evasion is unworthy of us, and is always the intimate of equivocation. Balzac.

Evasions are the common subterfuge of the hard-hearted, the false, and impotent, when called upon to assist. Lavater.