Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources. Rev. James Wood
many men who in this particular are women. La Font.
Et l'avare Achéron ne lâche pas sa proie—And greedy Acheron lets not go his prey. Racine.
Et le combat cessa faute de combattants—And the battle ceased for want of combatants. Corneille.
Et l'on revient toujours / A ses premiers amours—One returns always to his first love. Fr. Pr.
Et mala sunt vicina bonis—There are bad qualities near akin to good. Ovid.
Et male tornatos incudi reddere versus—And 25 take back ill-polished stanzas to the anvil. Hor.
Et mea cymba semel vasta percussa procella, / Illum, quo læsa est, horret adire locum—My bark, once shaken by the overpowering storm, shrinks from approaching the spot where it has been shattered. Ovid.
Et mihi res, non me rebus, subjungere conor—My aim ever is to subject circumstances to myself, not myself to them. Hor.
Et minimæ vires frangere quassa valent—A very small degree of force will suffice to break a vessel that is already cracked. Ovid.
Et monere, et moneri, proprium est veræ amicitiæ—To give counsel as well as take it, is a feature of true friendship. Cic.
Et nati natorum, et qui nascentur ab illis—The 30 children of our children, and those who shall be born of them, i.e., our latest posterity.
Et nova fictaque nuper habebunt verba fidem, si / Græco fonte cadunt parce detorta—And new and lately invented terms will be well received, if they descend, with slight deviation, from a Grecian source. Hor.
Et pudet, et metuo, semperque eademque precari, / Ne subeant animo tædia justa tuo—I am ashamed to be always begging and begging the same things, and fear lest you should conceive for me the disgust I merit. Ovid.
Et quæ sibi quisque timebat, / Unius in miseri exitium conversa tulere—And what each man dreaded for himself, they bore lightly when diverted to the destruction of one poor wretch. Virg.
Et quiescenti agendum est, et agenti quiescendum est—He who is indolent should work, and he who works should take repose. Sen.
Et qui nolunt occidere quenquam / Posse 35 volunt—Even those who have no wish to kill another would like to have the power. Juv.
Et quorum pars magna fui—And in which I played a prominent part. Virg.
Etre capable de se laisser servir n'est pas une des moindres qualités que puisse avoir un grand roi—The ability to enlist the services of others in the conduct of affairs is one of the most distinguishing qualities of a great monarch. Richelieu.
Etre pauvre sans être libre, c'est le pire état où l'homme puisse tomber—To be poor without being free is the worst condition into which man can sink. Rousseau.
Etre sur le qui vive—To be on the alert. Fr.
Etre sur un grand pied dans le monde—To be in 40 high standing (lit. on a great foot) in the world. Fr.
Et rose elle a vécu ce que vivent les roses / L'espace d'un matin—As rose she lived the life of a rose for but the space of a morning. Malherbe.
Et sanguis et spiritus pecunia mortalibus—Money is both blood and life to men. Pr.
Et semel emissum volat irrevocabile verbum—And a word once uttered flies abroad never to be recalled. Hor.
Et sequentia, Et seq.—And what follows.
Et sic de ceteris—And so of the rest. 45
Et sic de similibus—And so of the like.
"Et tu, Brute fili"—And thou, son Brutus. Cæsar, at sight of Brutus among the conspirators.
Et vaincre sans péril serait vaincre sans gloire—To conquer without peril would be to conquer without glory. Corneille.
Et vitam impendere vero—Stake even life for truth. M.
Et voilà justement comme on écrit l'histoire—And that is exactly how history is written. Voltaire.
Etwas ist besser als gar nichts—Something is better than nothing at all. Ger. Pr.
Euch zu gefallen war mein höchster Wunsch; / Euch zu ergötzen war mein letzter Zweck—To please you was my highest wish; to delight you was my last aim. Goethe.
[Greek: Heudonti kyrtos hairei]—While the fisher sleeps the 5 net takes. Gr. Pr.
Euge, poeta!—Well done, poet! Pers.
Eum ausculta, cui quatuor sunt aures—Listen to him who has four ears, i.e., who is readier to hear than to speak. Pr.
[Greek: Eurêka]—I have found it. Archimedes when he found out the way to test the purity of Hiero's golden crown.
Europe's eye is fixed on mighty things, / The fall of empires and the fate of kings. Burns.
[Greek: Eutychia polyphilos]—Success is befriended by 10 many people. Gr. Pr.
[Greek: Eutychôn mê isthi hyperêphanos, aporêsas mê tapeinou]—Be not uplifted in prosperity nor downcast in adversity. Cleobulus.
E' va più d'un asino al mercato—There is more than one ass goes to the market. It. Pr.
Evasion is unworthy of us, and is always the intimate of equivocation. Balzac.
Evasions are the common subterfuge of the hard-hearted, the false, and impotent, when called upon to assist. Lavater.
Even a fly has its spleen. It. Pr. 15
Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise. Bible.
Even a frog would bite if it had teeth. It. Pr.
Even a haggis could charge down-hill. Scott.
Even a hair casts a shadow. Pr.
Even a horse, though he has four feet, will 20 stumble. Pr.
Even among the apostles there was a Judas. It. Pr.
Even beauty cannot palliate eccentricity. Balzac.
Even by means of our sorrows we belong to the eternal plan. W. v. Humboldt.
Even foxes are outwitted and caught. It. Pr.
Even in a righteous cause force is a fearful 25 thing; God only helps when men can help no more. Schiller.
Evening is the delight of virtuous age; it seems an emblem of the tranquil close of busy life. Bulwer Lytton.
Even in social life, it is persistency which attracts confidence, more than talents and accomplishments. Whipple.
Even perfect examples lead astray by tempting us to overleap the necessary steps in their development, whereby we are for the most part led past the goal into boundless error. Goethe.
Even so my sun one early