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

Ex nihilo nihil fit—Nothing produces nothing.

Ex officio—By virtue of his office.

Ex opere operato—By the external act.

Exoriare aliquis nostris ex ossibus ultor—An avenger shall arise out of my bones. Virg.

Ex otio plus negotii quam ex negotio habemus—Our 20 leisure gives us more to do than our business.

Ex parte—One-sided.

Ex pede Herculem—We judge of the size of the statue of Hercules by the foot.

Expect injuries; for men are weak, and thou thyself doest such too often. Jean Paul.

Expediency is the science of exigencies. Kossuth.

Expense of time is the most costly of all expenses. 25 Theophrastus.