Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources. Rev. James Wood
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Eloquence is the poetry of prose. Bryant. 45
Eloquence is the power to translate a truth into language perfectly intelligible to the person to whom you speak. Emerson.
Eloquence is to the sublime as a whole to its part. La Bruyère.
Eloquence must be grounded on the plainest narrative. Emerson.
Eloquence shows the power and possibility of man. Emerson.
Eloquence the soul, song charms the sense. 50 Milton.
Eloquence, to produce her full effect, should start from the head of the orator, as Pallas from the brain of Jove, completely armed and equipped. Colton.
El pan comido, la compañia deshecha—The bread eaten, the company dispersed. Sp. Pr.
El pie del dueño estierco para la heredad—The foot of the owner is manure for the farm. Sp. Pr.
El que trabaja, y madra, hila oro—He that labours and perseveres spins gold. Sp. Pr.
El rey va hasta do poede, y no hasta do quiere—The 55 king goes as far as he may, not as far as he would. Sp. Pr.
El rey y la patria—For king and country. Sp.
El rio pasado, el santo olvidádo—The river (danger) past, the saint (delivery) forgotten. Sp. Pr.
El sabio muda consejo, el necio no—The wise man changes his mind, the fool never. Sp. Pr.
El secreto á voces—An open secret. Calderon.
El tiempo cura el enfermo, que ne el unguento—It is time and not medicine that cures the disease. Sp. Pr.
Elucet maxime animi excellentia magnitudoque in despiciendis opibus—Excellence and greatness of soul are most conspicuously displayed in contempt of riches.
El villano en su tierra, y el hidalgo donde quiera—The clown in his own country, the gentleman where he pleases. Sp. Pr.
Elysian beauty, melancholy grace, / Brought from a pensive through a happy place. Wordsworth.
E mala cosa esser cattivo, ma è peggiore esser 5 conosciuto—It is a bad thing to be a knave, but worse to be found out. It. Pr.
Emas non quod opus est, sed quod necesse est: / Quod non opus est, asse carum est—Buy not what you want, but what you need; what you don't want is dear at a cent. Cato.
Embarras de richesses—An encumbrance of wealth. D'Allainval.
Embonpoint—Plumpness or fulness of body. Fr.
E meglio aver oggi un uovo, che dimani una gallina—Better an egg to-day than a hen to-morrow. It. Pr.
E meglio cader dalla finestra che dal tetto—It 10 is better to fall from the window than the roof. It. Pr.
E meglio dare che non aver a dare—Better give than not have to give. It. Pr.
E meglio domandar che errare—Better ask than lose your way. It. Pr.
E meglio esse fortunato che savio—'Tis better to be born fortunate than wise. It. Pr.
E meglio esse uccel di bosco che di gabbia—Better to be a bird in the wood than one in the cage. It. Pr.
E meglio il cuor felice che la borsa—Better the 15 heart happy than the purse (full). It. Pr.
E meglio lasciare che mancare—Better leave than lack. It. Pr.
E meglio perder la sella che il cavallo—Better lose the saddle than the horse. It. Pr.
E meglio sdrucciolare col piè che con la lingua—Better slip with the foot than the tongue. It. Pr.
E meglio senza cibo restar che senz' onore—Better be without food than without honour. It. Pr.
E meglio una volta che mai—Better once than 20 never. It. Pr.
E meglio un buon amico che cento parente—One true friend is better than a hundred relations. It. Pr.
[Greek: hê men gar sophia ouden theôrei ex hôn estai eudaimôn anthrôpos]—Wisdom never contemplates what will make a happy man. Arist.
Emere malo quam rogare—I had rather buy than beg.
Emerge from unnatural solitude, look abroad for wholesome sympathy, bestow and receive. Dickens.
Emeritus—One retired from active official duties. 25
Emerson tells us to hitch our waggon to a star; and the star is without doubt a good steed, when once fairly caught and harnessed, but it takes an astronomer to catch it. J. Borroughs.
Emerson wants Emersonian epigrams from Carlyle, and Carlyle wants Carlylean thunder from Emerson. The thing which a man's nature calls him to do, what else is so well worth his doing? John Borroughs.
Eminent positions are like the summits of rocks; only eagles and reptiles can get there. Mme. Necker.
Eminent stations make great men greater and little men less. La Bruyère.
Emori nolo, sed me esse mortuum nihil curo—I 30 would not die, but care not to be dead. Cæs.
Emotion is always new. Victor Hugo.
Emotion is the atmosphere in which thought is steeped, that which lends to thought its tone or temperature, that to which thought is often indebted for half its power. H. R. Haweis.
Emotion, not thought, is the sphere of music; and emotion quite as often precedes as follows thought. H. R. Haweis.
Emotion turning back on itself, and not leading on to thought or action, is the element of madness. John Sterling.
[Greek: Emou thanontos gaia michthêtô pyri]—When I 35 am dead the earth will be mingled with fire. Anon.
Empfindliche Ohren sind, bei Mädchen so gut als bei Pferden, gute Gesundheitszeichen—In maidens as well as in horses, sensitive ears are signs of good health. Jean Paul.
Empires and nations flourish and decay, / By turns command, and in their turns obey. Ovid.
Empires are only sandhills in the hour-glass of Time; they crumble spontaneously by the process of their own growth. Draper.
Empires flourish till they become commercial, and then they are scattered abroad to the four winds. Wm. Blake.
Empirical sciences prosecuted simply for their 40 own sake, and without a philosophic tendency, resemble a face without eyes. Schopenhauer.
Employment and hardships prevent melancholy. Johnson.
Employment gives health, sobriety, and morals. D. Webster.
Employment is enjoyment. Pr.
Employment is Nature's