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

Expertus metuit—He who has had experience is afraid. Hor.

Expetuntur divitiæ ad perficiendas voluptates—Riches are coveted to minister to our pleasures.

Explorant adversa viros; perque aspera duro / Nititur ad laudem virtus interrita clivo—Adversity tries men, and virtue struggles after fame, regardless of the adverse heights. Sil. Ital.

Ex post facto—After the event. L.

Expression alone can invest beauty with 50 supreme and lasting command over the eye. Fuseli.

Expressio unius est exclusio alterius—The naming of one man is the exclusion of another. L.

Ex professo—As one who knows; professedly.

Ex quovis ligno non fit Mercurius—A Mercury is not to be made out of any log. Pr.

Ex scintilla incendium—From a spark a conflagration. Pr.

Ex tempore—Off-hand; unpremeditated. 55