Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources. Rev. James Wood
keenly the narrow limits of our human understanding. Cötvös.
Eben wo Begriffe fehlen, / Da stellt ein Wort zur rechten Zeit sich ein—It is just where ideas fail that a word comes most opportunely to the rescue. Goethe.
E buon comprare quando un altro vuol vendere—It is well to buy when another wishes to sell. It. Pr.
Ecce homo—Behold the man! Pontius Pilate. 30
Ecce iterum Crispinus!—Another Crispinus, by Jove! (a profligate at the court of Domitian). Juv.
Eccentricity has always abounded when and where strength of character has abounded; and the amount of eccentricity in a society has been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigour, and moral courage it contained. That so few now dare to be eccentric, marks the chief danger of the time. J. S. Mill.
Eccentricity is sometimes found connected with genius, but it does not coalesce with true wisdom. Jay.
Ecce signum—Here is the proof.
Eccovi l'uom ch' è stato all'Inferno—See, there's 35 the man that has been in hell. It. (Said of Dante by the people of Verona.)
Echoes we: listen! / We cannot stay, / As dewdrops glisten, / Then fade away. Shelley.
Echo is the voice of a reflection in a mirror. Hawthorne.
[Greek: Echthros gar moi keinos, homôs Aïdao pylêsin, / Hos ch' heteron men keuthei eni phresin, allo de bazei]—Hateful to me as the gates of Hades is he who conceals one thing in his mind and utters another. Hom.
[Greek: Echthrôn adôra dôra]—An enemy's gifts are no gifts. Soph.
Eclaircissement—The clearing up of a thing. Fr. 40
Eclat de rire—A burst of laughter. Fr.
E cœlo descendit [Greek: gnôthi seauton]—From heaven came down the precept, "Know thyself." Juv.
Economy does not consist in the reckless reduction of estimates; on the contrary, such a course almost necessarily tends to increased expenditure. There can be no economy where there is no efficiency. Disraeli.
Economy is an excellent lure to betray people into expense. Zimmermann.
Economy is half the battle of life; it is not so 45 hard to earn money as to spend it. Spurgeon.
Economy is the parent of integrity, of liberty, and of ease, and the beauteous sister of temperance, of cheerfulness, and health. Johnson.
Economy no more means saving money than it means spending money. It means the administration of a house, its stewardship; spending or saving, that is, whether money or time, or anything else, to the best possible advantage. Ruskin.
E contra—On the other hand.
E contrario—On the contrary.
Ecorcher l'anguille par la queue—To begin at 50 the wrong end (lit. to skin an eel from the tail). Fr.
Ecrasons l'infâme—Let us crush the abomination, i.e., superstition. Voltaire.
Edel ist, der edel thut—Noble is that noble does. Ger. Pr.
Edel macht das Gemüth, nicht das Geblüt—It is the mind, not the blood, that ennobles. Ger. Pr.
Edel sei der Mensch / Hülfreich und gut / Denn das allein / Unterscheidet ihn / Von allen Wesen / Die wir kennen—Be man noble, helpful, and good; for that alone distinguishes him from all the beings we know. Goethe.
Edition de luxe—A splendid and expensive edition 55 of a book. Fr.
Editiones expurgatæ—Editions with objectionable passages eliminated.
Editio princeps—The original edition.
Edo, ergo ego sum—I eat, therefore I am. Monkish Pr.
Educated persons should share their thoughts with the uneducated, and take also a certain part in their labours. Ruskin.
Educate men without religion, and you make them but clever devils. Wellington.
Education alone can conduct us to that enjoyment 5 which is at once best in quality and infinite in quantity. H. Mann.
Education begins its work with the first breath of the child. Jean Paul.
Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company, and reflection must finish him. Locke.
Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within the hearing of little children tends towards the formation of character. H. Ballou.
Education does not mean teaching people to know what they do not know; it means teaching them to behave as they do not behave. Ruskin.
Education gives fecundity of thought, copiousness 10 of illustration, quickness, vigour, fancy, words, images, and illustrations; it decorates every common thing, and gives the power of trifling without being undignified and absurd. Sydney Smith.
Education, however indispensable in a cultivated age, produces nothing on the side of genius. Where education ends, genius often begins. Isaac Disraeli.
Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army. E. Everett.
Education is generally the worse in proportion to the wealth and grandeur of the parents. D. Swift.
Education is only like good culture; it changes the size, but not the sort. Ward Beecher.
Education is only second to nature. H. Bushnell. 15
Education is our only political safety. Outside of this ark all is deluge. H. Mann.
Education is the apprenticeship of life. Willmott.
Education is the constraining and directing of youth towards that right reason which the law affirms, and which the experience of the best of our elders has sanctioned as truly great. Plato.
Education is the only interest worthy the deep, controlling anxiety of the thoughtful man. Wendell Phillips.
Education is the leading human souls to what 20 is best, and making what is best of them. The training which makes men happiest in themselves also makes them most serviceable to others. Ruskin.
Education may work wonders as well in warping the genius of individuals as in seconding it. A. B. Alcott.
Education of youth is not a bow for every man to shoot in that counts himself a teacher, but will require sinews almost equal to those which Homer gave Ulysses. Milton.
Education ought, as a first principle, to stimulate the will to activity. Zachariae.
Education should be as broad as man. Emerson.
[Greek: Ê hêkista ê hêdista]—Either the least or the 25 pleasantest.
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