Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources. Rev. James Wood
the like effects; extreme heat mortifies, like extreme cold; extreme love breeds satiety as well as extreme hatred; and too violent rigour tempts chastity as much as too much license. Chapman.
Extremis malis extrema remedia—Extreme remedies for extreme evils. Pr.
Extremity is the trier of spirits. Coriol. iv. 1. 10
Exuerint sylvestrem animum, cultuque frequenti, / In quascunque voces artes, haud tarda sequentur—They lay aside their rustic ideas, and by repeated instruction will advance apace into whatever arts you may initiate them. Virg.
Ex umbra in solem—Out of the shade into the sunshine. Pr.
Ex ungue leonem—The lion may be known by his claw.
Ex uno disce omnes—From one judge of all.
Ex vita discedo, tanquam ex hospitio, non 15 tanquam ex domo—I depart from life as from an inn, not as from a home. Cic.
Ex vitio alterius sapiens emendat suum—From the faults of another a wise man will correct his own. Laber.
Ex vitulo bos fit—From a calf an ox grows up.
Ex vultibus hominum mores colligere—To construe men's characters by their looks.
Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. St. Paul.
Eye Nature's walks, shoot folly as it flies, / 20 And catch the manners living as they rise. Pope.
Eyes are better, on the whole, than telescopes or microscopes. Emerson.
Eyes bright, with many tears behind them. Carlyle, on his Wife.
Eyes not down-dropp'd nor over-bright, but fed with the clear-pointed flame of chastity. Tennyson.
Eyes / Of microscopic power, that could discern / The population of a dewdrop. J. Montgomery.
Eyes raised towards heaven are always beautiful, 25 whatever they be. Joubert.
Eyes speak all languages; wait for no letter of introduction; they ask no leave of age or rank; they respect neither poverty nor riches, neither learning, nor power, nor virtue, nor sex, but intrude and come again, and go through and through you in a moment of time. Emerson.
Eyes will not see when the heart wishes them to be blind; desire conceals truth as darkness does the earth. Sen.
Ez for war, I call it murder; / There you hev it plain and flat; / I don't want to go no furder / Than my Testyment for that. Lowell.
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Fa bene, e non guardare a chi—Do good, no matter to whom. It. Pr.
Faber suæ fortunæ—The maker of his own fortune. 30 Sall.
Fabricando fabri fimus—We become workmen by working. Pr.
Fabula, nec sentis, tota jactaris in urbe—You are the talk, though you don't know it, of the whole town. Ovid.
Faces are as legible as books, only they are read in much less time, and are much less likely to deceive us. Lavater.
Faces are as paper money, for which, on demand, there frequently proves to be no gold in the coffer. F. G. Trafford.
Faces are but a gallery of portraits. Bacon. 35
Faces which have charmed us the most escape us the soonest. Scott.
Fac et excusa—Do it and so justify yourself. Pr.
Facetiarum apud præpotentes in longum memoria est—It is long before men in power forget the jest they have been the subject of. Tac.
Fach—Department. Ger.
Facienda—Things to be done. 40
Facies non omnibus una, / Nec diversa tamen; qualem decet esse sororum—The features were not the same in them all, nor yet are they quite different, but such as we would expect in sisters. Ovid.
Facies tua computat annos—Your face records your age. Juv.
Facile est imperium in bonis—It is easy to rule over the good. Plaut.
Facile est inventis addere—It is easy to add to or improve on what has been already invented. Pr.
Facile largiri de alieno—It is easy to be generous 45 with what is another's. Pr.
Facile omnes cum valemus recta consilia / Ægrotis damus—We can all, when we are well, easily give good advice to the sick. Ter.
Facile princeps—The admitted chief; with ease at the top.
Facilis descensus Averno est, / Noctes atque dies patet atri janua Ditis; / Sed revocare gradum superasque evadere ad auras, / Hoc opus, hic labor est—The descent to hell is easy; night and day the gate of gloomy Dis stands open; but to retrace your steps and escape to the upper air, this is a work, this is a toil. Virg.
Facilius crescit quam inchoatur dignitas—It is more easy to obtain an accession of dignity than to acquire it in the first instance. Laber.
Facilius sit Nili caput invenire—It would be 50 easier to discover the source of the Nile. Old Pr.
Facinus audax incipit, / Qui cum opulento pauper homine cœpit rem habere aut negotium—The poor man who enters into partnership with a rich makes a risky venture. Plaut.
Facinus majoris abollæ—A crime of a very deep dye (lit. one committed by a man who wears the garb of a philosopher). Juv.
Facinus quos inquinat æquat—Those whom guilt stains it equals, i.e., it puts on even terms. Lucan.
Facit indignatio versum—Indignation gives inspiration to verse.
Facito aliquid operis, ut semper te diabolus 5 inveniat occupatum—Keep doing something, so that the devil may always find you occupied. St. Jerome.
Faciunt næ intelligendo, ut nihil intelligant—They are so knowing that they know nothing. Ter.
Façon de parler—A manner of speaking. Fr.
Facsimile—An engraved resemblance of a man's handwriting; an exact copy of anything (lit. do the like).
Facta canam; sed erunt qui me finxisse loquantur—I am about to sing of facts; but some will say I have invented them. Ovid.
Facta ejus cum dictis discrepant—His actions 10 do not harmonise with his words. Cic.
Facta, non verba—Deeds, not words.
Fact is better than fiction, if only we could get it pure. Emerson.
Facts