Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources. Rev. James Wood
point from which he measures every distance through the gateways of the world around him. Longfellow.
Each mind has its own method. A true man never acquires after college rules. Emerson.
Each must stand on his glass tripod, if he would keep his electricity. Emerson.
Each one of us here, let the world go how it will, and be victorious or not victorious, has he not a life of his own to lead? Carlyle.
Each particle of matter is an immensity, each 20 leaf a world, each insect an inexplicable compendium. Lavater.
Each plant has its parasite, and each created thing its lover and poet. Emerson.
Each present joy or sorrow seems the chief. Sh.
Each sin at heart is Deicide. Aubrey de Vere (the younger).
Each substance of a grief hath twenty shadows, / Which show like grief itself, but are not so; / For sorrow's eye, glazed with blinding tears, / Divides one thing entire to many objects. Rich. II., ii. 2.
Each thing is a half, and suggests another thing 25 to make it whole; as spirit, matter; man, woman; odd, even; subjective, objective; in, out; motion, rest; yea, nay. Emerson.
Each thing lives according to its kind; the heart by love, the intellect by truth, the higher nature of man by intimate communion with God. Chapin.
Each year one vicious habit rooted out, in time might make the worst man good. Ben. Franklin.
Ea fama vagatur—That report is in circulation.
Eagles fly alone; they are but sheep that always herd together. Sir P. Sidney.
Eamus quo ducit gula—Let us go where our 30 appetite prompts us. Virg.
Early and provident fear is the mother of safety. Burke.
Early birds catch the worms. Sc. Pr.
Early, bright, transient, chaste, as morning dew, / She sparkled, was exhaled, and went to heaven. Young.
Early master soon knave (servant). Sc. Pr.
Early start makes easy stages. Amer. Pr. 35
Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. Pr.
Earn well the thrifty months, nor wed / Raw Haste, half-sister to Delay. Tennyson.
Earnest and sport go well together. Dan. Pr.
Earnestness alone makes life eternity. Goethe.
Earnestness in life, even when carried to an 40 extreme, is something very noble and great. W. v. Humboldt.
Earnestness is a quality as old as the heart of man. G. Gilfillan.
Earnestness is enthusiasm tempered by reason. Pascal.
Earnestness is the cause of patience; it gives endurance, overcomes pain, strengthens weakness, braves dangers, sustains hope, makes light of difficulties, and lessens the sense of weariness in overcoming them. Bovee.
Earnestness is the devotion of all the faculties. Bovee.
Earth changes, but thy soul and God stand 45 sure. Browning.
Earth felt the wound; and Nature from her seat, / Sighing through all her work, gave sign of woe / That all was lost. Milton.
Earth has scarcely an acre that does not remind us of actions that have long preceded our own, and its clustering tombstones loom up like reefs of the eternal shore, to show us where so many human barks have struck and gone down. Chapin.
Earth hath no sorrow that heaven cannot heal. Moore.
Earth hath nothing more tender than a woman's heart when it is the abode of piety. Luther.
Earth is here (in Australia) so kind, just tickle 50 her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest. Douglas Jerrold.
Earthly pride is like a passing flower, that springs to fall and blossoms but to die. Kirke White.
Earth, sea, man, are all in each. Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
Earth, that's Nature's mother, is her tomb. Rom. and Jul., ii. 3.
Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust, in sure and certain hope of the Resurrection. Burial Service.
Earth, turning from the sun, brings night to man. Young.
Earth with her thousand voices praises God. 5 Coleridge.
Earth's crammed with heaven, / And every common bush afire with God. Leigh.
Earth's noblest thing, a woman perfected. Lowell.
Ease and honour are seldom bed-fellows. Sc. Pr.
Ea sola voluptas / Solamenque mali—That was his sole delight and solace in his woe. Virg.
East and west, home (hame) is best Eng. and 10 Sc. Pr.
Ea sub oculis posita negligimus; proximorum incuriosi, longinqua sectamur—We disregard the things which lie under our eyes; indifferent to what is close at hand, we inquire after things that are far away. Pliny.
Easy-crying widows take new husbands soonest; there's nothing like wet weather for transplanting. Holmes.
Easy writing's curst hard reading. Sheridan.
Eat at your own table as you would eat at the table of the king. Confucius.
Eat at your pleasure, drink in measure. Pr. 15
Eating little and speaking little can never do harm. Pr.
Eating the bitter bread of banishment. Rich. II., iii. 1.
Eat in measure and defy the doctor. Sc. Pr.
Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others. Ben. Franklin.
Eat-weel's drink-weel's brither. Sc. Pr. 20
Eat what you like, but pocket nothing. Pr.
Eau bénite de cour—False promises (lit. holy water of the court). Fr.
Eau sucrée—Sugared water. Fr.
[Greek: Heauton timôroumenos]—The self-tormentor. Menander.
Ebbe il migliore / De' miei giorni la patria—The 25 best of my days I devoted to my country. It.
E bello predicare il digiuno a corpo pieno—It is easy to preach fasting with a full belly. It. Pr.
Eben die ausgezeichnetsten Menschen bedürfen der Religion am meisten, weil sie die engen Grenzen unseres menschlichen Verstandes am liebhaftesten empfinden—It is just the