=Each animal out of its habitat would starve.=
_Emerson._
=Each change of many-colour'd life he drew, /
Exhausted worlds, and then imagined new.=
_Johnson._
=Each creature is only a modification of the
other; the likeness in them is more than the
difference, and their radical law is one and
the same.= _Emerson._
=Each creature seeks its perfection in another.=
_Luther._
=Each day still better other's happiness, / Until= 5
=the heavens, envying earth's good hap, /
Add an immortal title to your crown.= _Rich.
II._, i. 1.
=Each departed friend is a magnet that attracts
us to the next world, and the old man lives
among graves.= _Jean Paul._
=Each good thought or action moves / The dark
world nearer to the sun.= _Whittier._
=Each heart is a world. You find all within
yourself that you find without. The world
that surrounds you is the magic glass of the
world within you.= _Lavater._
=Each human heart can properly exhibit but
one love, if even one; the "first love, which
is infinite," can be followed by no second like
unto it.= _Carlyle._
=Each in his narrow cell for ever laid,/ The rude= 10
=forefathers of the hamlet sleep.= _Gray._
=Each man begins the world afresh, and the
last man repeats the blunders of the first.=
_Amiel._
=Each man can learn something from his neighbour;
at least he can learn to have patience
with him--to live and let live.= _Kingsley._
=Each man has his fortune in his own hands,
as the artist has a piece of rude matter,
which he is to fashion into a certain shape.=
_Goethe._
=Each man has his own vocation; his talent is
his call. There is one direction in which all
space is open to him.= _Emerson._
=Each man sees over his own experience a= 15
=certain stain of error, whilst that of other
men looks fair and ideal.= _Emerson._
=Each man's chimney is his golden milestone,
is the central 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 most eminent men that need religion
most, because they feel most 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.
=Een diamant van eene dochter wordt een glas
van eene vrouw=--A diamond of a daughter
becomes a glass of a wife. _Dut. Pr._
=Een dief maakt gelegenheid=--A thief makes opportunity.
_Dut. Pr._
=E'en from the tomb the voice of Nature cries, /
E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires.=
_Gray._
=Een hond aan een been kent geene vrienden=--A
dog with a bone knows no friends. _Dut.
Pr._
=Een kleine pot wordt haast heet=--A little pot 30
becomes soon hot. _Dut. Pr._
=Eenmaal is geen gewoonte=--Once is no custom.
_Dut. Pr._
=Een once geduld is meer dan een pond verstand=--One
ounce of patience is worth more than
a pound of brains. _Dut. Pr._
=E'en though vanquished he could argue still.=
_Goldsmith._
[Greek: hê eudaimonia tôn autarchôn esti]--Happiness is
theirs who are sufficient for themselves. _Arist._
=Effloresco=--I flourish. _M._ 35
=Effodiuntur opes, irritamenta malorum=--Riches,
the incentives to evil, are dug out of the earth.
_Ovid._
=Efforts, to be permanently useful, must be
uniformly joyous,--a spirit all sunshine,--graceful
from very gladness,--beautiful because
bright.= _Carlyle._
=Effugit mortem, quisquis contempserit: timidissimum
quemque consequitur=--Whoso despises
death escapes it, while it overtakes him
who is afraid of it. _Curt._
=E flamma cibum petere=--To live by desperate
means (_lit._ to seek food from the flames). _Pr._
=Efter en god Avler kommer en god Oder=--After 40
an earner comes a waster. _Dan. Pr._
=Eftsoons they heard a most melodious sound.=
_Spenser._
=E fungis nati homines=--Upstarts (_lit._ men born
of mushrooms).
=Egad! I think the interpreter is the hardest to
be understood of the two.= _Sheridan._
[Greek: hê gar physis bebaion, ou ta chrêmata]--It is
only the character of a man, not his wealth, that
is stable. _Arist._
=Egen Arne er Guld værd=--A hearth of one's own 45
is worth gold. _Dan. Pr._
=Eggs and oaths are easily broken.= _Dan. Pr._
=Eggs of an hour, bread of a day, wine of a
year, but a friend of thirty years is best.=
_It. Pr._
[Greek: Engya; para d' atê]--Be security, and mischief
is nigh. _Thales._
=Egli ha fatto il male, ed io mi porto la pena=--He
has done the mischief, and I pay the penalty.
_It. Pr._
=Egli vende l'uccello in su la frasca=--He sells the 50
bird on the branch. _It. Pr._
=Egli venderebbe sino alla sua parte del sole=--He
would sell even his share in the sun. _It. Pr._
[Greek: Hê glôss' omômoch', hê de phrên anômotos]--My
tongue has sworn, but my mind is unsworn.
_Eurip._
=Ego apros occido, alter fruitur pulpamento=--I
kill the boars, another enjoys their flesh. _Pr._
=Ego de caseo loquor, tu de creta respondes=--While
I talk to you of cheese, you talk to me of
chalk. _Erasmus._
=Ego ero post principia=--I will get out of harm's
way (_lit._ I will keep behind the first rank). _Ter._
=Ego et rex meus=--I and my king. _Cardinal
Wolsey._
=Ego hoc feci=--That was my doing.
=Egoism is the source and summary of all faults= 5
=and miseries whatsoever.= _Carlyle._
=Ego meorum solus sum meus=--I am myself the
only friend I have. _Ter._
=Ego nec studium sine divite vena, / Nec rude
quid prosit video ingenium=--I see not what
good can come from study without a rich vein of
genius, or from genius untrained by art. _Hor._
=Ego primam tollo, nominor quoniam Leo=--I
carry off the first share because my name is Lion.
_Phædr. in the fable of the lion a-hunting with
weaker companions._
=Ego, si bonam famam mihi servasso, sat ero
dives=--If I keep my good character, I shall be
rich enough. _Plaut._
=Ego spem pretio non emo=--I do not purchase 10
hope with money, _i.e._, I do not spend my resources
upon vain hopes. _Ter._
=Ego sum, ergo omnia sunt=--I am, and therefore
all things are.
=Ego sum rex Romanus et supra grammaticam=--I
am king of the Romans, and above grammar.
_The Emperor Sigismund at the Council of
Constance._
=Egotism erects its centre in itself; love places
it out of itself in the axis of the universal
whole.= _Schiller._
=Egotism is the tongue of vanity.= _Chamfort._
=Egotists are the pest of society.= _Emerson._ 15
=Egotists cannot converse; they talk to themselves
only.= _A. B. Alcott._
=Egregii mortalem, altique silenti=--A being of
extraordinary and profound silence. _Hor._
=Eher schätzet man das Gute / Nicht, als bis
man es verlor=--We do not learn to value our
blessings till we have lost them. _Herder._
=Ehestand, Wehestand=--State of wedlock, state of
sorrow. _Ger. Pr._
=Eheu! fugaces, Posthume, Posthume, / Labuntur= 20
=anni, nec pietas moram / Rugis et instanti
senectæ / Afferet, indomitæque morti=--Alas!
Posthumus, our years glide fleetly away, nor can
piety stay wrinkles and advancing age and unvanquished
death. _Hor._
=Eheu! quam brevibus pereunt ingentia causis!=--Alas!
what trifling causes often wreck the
vastest enterprises. _Claud._
=Ehren und Leben / Kann Niemand zurück geben=--No
man can give back honour and life. _Ger. Pr._
=Ehret die Frauen! Sie flechten und weben /
Himmlische Rosen ins irdische Leben=--Honour
to the women! they plait and weave
roses of heaven for the life of earth. _Schiller._
=Ehret die Frauen! Sie stricken und weben /
Wollene Strümpfe fürs frostige Leben=--Honour
to the women! they knit and weave
worsted stockings for our frosty life. _Volkswitz._
=Ehrlich währt am längsten=--Honesty lasts 25
longest. _Ger. Pr._
[Greek: Ei de theon anêr tis elpetai lathemen / Erdôn,
hamartanei]--If any man hopes that his deeds will
pass unobserved by the Deity, he is mistaken.
_Pindar._
=Eident (diligent) youth makes easy age.= _Sc. Pr._
=Eifersucht ist eine Leidenschaft, die mit Eifer
sucht was Leiden schafft=--Jealousy is a passion
which seeks with zeal what yields only
misery. _Schleiermacher._
=Eigenliebe macht die Augen trübe=--Self-love
clouds the eyes. _Ger. Pr._
="Ei ist Ei," sagte der Küster, aber er nahm= 30
=das Gans Ei=--"An egg is an egg," said the
sexton, but he took the goose-egg. _Ger. Pr._
=Eild and poortith are ill to thole=, _i.e._, age and
poverty are hard to bear. _Sc. Pr._
=Eild should hae honour=, _i.e._, old people should.
_Sc. Pr._
=Eile mit Weile=--Haste with leisure. _Ger. Pr._
=Ein alter Fuchs läuft nicht zum zweiten Mal
in's Garn=--An old fox does not run into the snare
a second time. _Ger. Pr._
=Ein Arzt darf auch dem Feind sich nicht= 35
=entziehen=--A physician may not turn his back
even on an enemy. _Gutzkow._
=Ein Augenblick, gelebt im Paradiese, / Wird
nicht zu theuer mit dem Tod gebüsst=--A
moment lived in paradise is not purchased too
dearly at the ransom of death. _Schiller._
=Einbildungskraft wird nur durch Kunst, besonders
durch Poesie geregelt. Es ist nichts
fürchterlicher als Einbildungskraft ohne
Geschmack=--Power of imagination is regulated
only by art, especially by poetry. There is
nothing more frightful than imaginative faculty
without taste. _Goethe._
=Einbläsereien sind der Teufels Redekunst=--Insinuations
are the devil's rhetoric. _Goethe._
=Ein Diadem erkämpfen ist gross; es wegwerfen
ist göttlich=--To gain a crown by fighting
for it is great; to reject it is divine. _Schiller._
=Ein Ding ist nicht bös, wenn man es gut= 40
=versteht=--A thing is not bad if we understand
it well. _Ger. Pr._
=Eine Bresche ist jeder Tag, / Die viele
Menschen erstürmen; / Wer da auch fallen
mag, / Die Todten sich niemals thürmen=--Every
day is a rampart breach which many men
are storming; fall in it who may, no pile is forming
of the slain. _Goethe._
=Ein edler Mann wird durch ein gutes Wort /
Der Frauen weit geführt=--A noble man is led
a long way by a good word from women. _Goethe._
=Ein edler Mensch zieht edle Menschen an /
Und weiss sie fest zu halten=--A noble man
attracts noble men, and knows how to hold them
fast. _Goethe._
=Ein edles Beispiel macht die schweren Thaten
leicht=--A noble example makes difficult enterprises
easy. _Goethe._
=Eine grosse Epoche hat das Jahrhundert= 45
=geboren; / Aber der grosse Moment findet
ein kleines Geschlecht=--The century has given
birth to a great epoch, but it is a small race the
great moment appeals to. _Schiller._
=Eine Hälfte der Welt verlacht die andere=--One
half of the world laughs at the other half.
_Ger. Pr._
=Eine Handvoll Gewalt ist besser als Sackvoll
Recht=--A handful of might is better than a
sackful of right. _Ger. Pr._
=Ein eigen Herd, ein braves Weib, sind Gold
und Perlen werth=--A hearth of one's own and
a good wife are as good as gold and pearls.
_Ger. Pr._
=Einen Wahn verlieren macht weiser als eine
Wahrheit finden=--Getting rid of a delusion
makes us wiser than getting hold of a truth.
_Börne._
=Einer kann reden und Sieben können singen=--One
can speak and seven can sing. _Ger. Pr._
=Einer neuen Wahrheit nichts ist schädlicher
als ein alter Irrtum=--Nothing is more harmful
to a new truth than an old error. _Goethe._
=Eine Rose gebrochen, ehe der Sturm sie entblättert=--A
rose broken ere the storm stripped its
petals. _Lessing._
=Eine schöne Menschenseele finden / Ist Gewinn=--It 5
is a true gain to find a beautiful human soul.
_Herder._
=Ein Esel schimpft den andern Langohr=--One
ass nicknames another Longears. _Ger. Pr._
=Eines schickt sich nicht für Alle! / Sehe jeder
wie er's treibe, / Sehe jeder wo er bleibe, /
Und wer steht, dass er nicht falle=--One thing
does not suit every one; let each man see how he
gets on, where his limits are; and let him that
standeth take heed lest he fall. _Goethe._
=Ein Feind ist zu viel, und hundert Freunde
sind zu wenig=--One foe is too many, a hundred
friends are too few. _Ger. Pr._
=Ein fester Blick, ein hoher Mut, / Die sind zu
allen Zeiten gut=--A steady eye and a lofty mind
are at all times good. _Bechstein._
=Ein geistreich aufgeschlossenes Wort / Wirkt= 10
=auf die Ewigkeit.=--The influence of a spiritually
elucidated (or embodied) word is eternal. _Goethe._
=Eingestandene Uebereilung ist oft lehrreicher,
als kalte überdachte Unfehlbarkeit=--A confessed
precipitancy is often more instructive than
a coldly considered certainty. _Lessing._
=Ein Gift, welches nicht gleich wirkt, ist darum
kein minder gefährliches Gift=--A poison which
does not take immediate effect is therefore none
the less a dangerous poison. _Lessing._
=Ein Gott ist, ein heiliger Wille lebt, / Wie
auch der menschliche wanke; / Hoch über
der Zeit und dem Raume webt / Lebendig
der höchste Gedanke=--A god is, a holy will
lives, however man's will may waver; high over
all time and space the highest thought weaves
itself everywhere into life's web. _Schiller._
=Ein grosser Fehler; dass man sich mehr dünkt
als man ist, und sich weniger schätzt, als
man werth ist=--It is a great mistake for people
to think themselves more than they are, and
to value themselves less than they are worth.
_Goethe._
=Ein Herz das sich mit Sorgen quält / Hat= 15
=selten frohe Stunden=--A heart which tortures
itself with care has seldom hours of gladness.
_Old Ger. Song._
=Ein jeder ist sich selbst der grösste Feind=--Every
one is his own greatest enemy. _Schefer._
=Ein jeder lebt's, nicht vielen ist's bekannt=--Though
every one lives it (life), it is not to many
that it is known. _Goethe._
=Ein jeder lernet nur, was er lernen kann; /
Doch der den Augenblick ergreift, / Das ist
der rechte Mann=--Each one learns only what
he can; yet he who seizes the passing moment
is the proper man. _Goethe._
=Ein jeder Wechsel schreckt den Glücklichen=--Every
change is a cause of uneasiness to the
favoured of fortune. _Schiller._
=Ein Komödiant könnt' einen Pfarren lehren=--A 20
playactor might instruct a parson. _Goethe._
=Ein Kranz ist gar viel leichter binden / Als
ihm ein würdig Haupt zu finden=--It is very
much easier to bind a wreath than to find a head
worthy to wear it. _Goethe._
=Ein langes Hoffen ist süsser, als ein kurzes
Ueberraschen=--A long hope is sweeter than a
short surprise. _Jean Paul._
=Ein leerer Sack steht nicht aufrecht=--An empty
sack does not stand upright. _Ger. Pr._
=Ein mächtiger Vermittler ist der Tod=--Death
is a powerful reconciler. _Schiller._
=Einmal gerettet, ist's für tausend Male=--To 25
be saved once is to be saved a thousand times.
_Goethe._
=Ein Mann der recht zu wirken denkt / Muss
auf das beste Werkzeug halten=--A man who
intends to work rightly must select the most
effective instrument. _Goethe._
=Ein Mann, ein Wort; ein Wort, ein Mann=--A
man, a word; a word, a man. _Ger. Pr._
=Ein Mensch ohne Verstand ist auch ein Mensch
ohne Wille=--A man without understanding is
also a man without will or purpose. _Feuerbach._
=Ein Mühlstein wird nicht moosig=--A millstone
does not become covered with moss. _Ger. Pr._
=Ein niedrer Sinn ist stolz im Glück, im Leid= 30
=bescheiden; / Bescheiden ist im Glück ein
edler, stolz im Leiden=--A vulgar mind is proud
in prosperity and humble in adversity; a noble
mind is humble in prosperity and proud in adversity.
_Rückert._
=Ein "Nimm hin" ist besser als zehn "Helf
Gott"=--One "Take this" is better than ten of
"God help you." _Ger. Pr._
=Ein offenes Herz zeigt eine offene Stirn=--An
open brow shows an open heart. _Schiller._
=Ein Pfennig mit Recht ist besser denn tausend
mit Unrecht=--A penny by right is better than
a thousand by wrong. _Ger. Pr._
=Ein Schauspiel für Götter, / Zwei Liebende
zu sehn!=--To witness two lovers is a spectacle
for gods. _Goethe._
=Ein Theil bin ich von jener Kraft, / Die stets= 35
=das Böse will und stets das Gute schafft=--I
am a part of that power which continually wills
the evil and continually creates the good. _Mephistopheles,
in "Faust."_
=Ein Titel muss sie erst vertraulich machen=--A
degree is the first thing necessary to bespeak
confidence in your profession. _Goethe, in "Faust."_
=Ein Tropfen Hass, der in dem Freudenbecher /
Zurückbleibt, macht den Segensdrank zum
Gifte=--A drop of hate that is left in the cup of
joy converts the blissful draught into poison.
_Schiller._
=Ein unterrichtetes Volk lässt sich leicht regieren=--An
educated people can be easily
governed. _Frederick the Great._
=Ein üppig lastervolles Leben büsst sich / In
Mangel und Erniedrigung allem=--Only in
want and degradation can a life of sensual profligacy
be atoned for. _Schiller._
=Ein Vater ernährt eher zehn Kinder, denn zehn= 40
=Kinder einen Vater=--One father supports ten
children sooner than ten children one father.
_Ger. Pr._
=Ein Vergnügen erwarten ist auch ein Vergnügen=--To
look forward to a pleasure is also a
pleasure. _Lessing._
=Ein Volk ohne Gesetze gleicht einem Menschen
ohne Grundsätze=--A people without laws is like
a man without principles. _Zachariæ._
=Ein vollkommener Widerspruch / Bleibt gleich
geheimnissvoll für Kluge wie für Thoren=--A
flat contradiction is ever equally mysterious to
wise folks as to fools. _Goethe._
=Ein Wahn der mich beglückt, / Ist eine Wahrheit
wert die mich zu Boden drückt=--An
illusion which gladdens me is worth a truth which
saddens me (_lit._ presses me to the ground).
_Wieland._
=Ein wandernd Leben / Gefällt der freien Dichterbrust=--A
wandering life delights the free
heart of the poet. _Arion._
=Ein wenig zu spät ist viel zu spät=--A little too
late is much too late. _Ger. Pr._
=Ein Wörtlein kann ihn fallen=--A little word can 5
slay him. _Luther, of the Pope._
=Ein Wort nimmt sich, ein Leben nie zurück=--A
word may be recalled, a life never. _Schiller._
[Greek: Eis anêr oudeis anêr]--One man is no man.
_Gr. Pr._
=Either sex alone is half itself.= _Tennyson._
=Eith (quickly) learned, soon forgotten.= _Sc. Pr._
[Greek: Ei ti agathon theleis, para seautou labe]--If 10
you would have anything good, seek for it
from yourself. _Arrian._
=Ejusdem farinæ=--Of the same kidney (_lit._ meal).
=Ejusdem generis=--Of the same kind.
=El agujero llama al ladron=--The hole tempts the
thief. _Sp. Pr._
=El amor verdadero no sufre cosa encubierta=--True
love suffers no concealment. _Sp. Pr._
=Elati animi comprimendi sunt=--Minds which are 15
too much elated ought to be kept in check.
=El corazon manda las carnes=--The heart bears
up the body. _Sp. Pr._
=El corazon no es traidor=--The heart is no traitor.
_Sp. Pr._
=El dar es honor, y el pedir dolor=--To give is
honour; to lose, grief. _Sp. Pr._
=El diablo saba mucho, porque es viejo=--The
devil knows a great deal, for he is old. _Sp.
Pr._
=El dia que te casas, ó te matas ó te sanas=--The 20
day you marry, it is either kill or cure. _Sp.
Pr._
=El Dorado=--A region of unimagined wealth fabled
at one time to exist in S. America; a dreamland
of wealth. _Sp._
=Elegance is necessary to the fine gentleman,
dignity is proper to noblemen, and majesty
to kings.= _Hazlitt._
=Elegit=--He has chosen. A writ empowering a
creditor to hold lands for payment of a debt. _L._
=Elephants endors'd with towers.= _Milton._
=Elève le corbeau, il te crèvera les yeux=--Bring 25
up a raven, he will pick out your eyes. _Fr. Pr._
=Elige eum cujus tibi placuit et vita et oratio=--Make
choice of him who recommends himself to
you by his life as well as address. _Sen._
=Elk het zijne is niet te veel=--Every one his
own is not too much. _Dut. Pr._
=Ell and tell is gude merchandise=, _i.e._, ready
money is. _Sc. Pr._
=Elle a trop de vertus pour n'être pas chrétienne=--She
has too many virtues not to be a Christian.
_Corn._
=Elle n'en fit point la petite bouche=--She did not 30
mince matters (_lit._ make a small mouth about
it). _Fr. Pr._
=Elle riait du bout des dents=--She gave a forced
laugh (_lit._ laughed with the end of her teeth).
_Fr. Pr._
=El malo siempre piensa engaño=--The bad man
always suspects some knavish intention. _Sp.
Pr._
=El mal que de tu boca sale, en tu seno se cae=--The
evil which issues from thy mouth falls into
thy bosom. _Sp. Pr._
=El mal que no tiene cura es locura=--Folly is
the one evil for which there is no remedy. _Sp.
Pr._
=Elocution is the adjustment of apt words and= 35
=sentiments to the subject in debate.= _Cic._
=Eloignement=--Estrangement. _Fr._
=Eloquence, at its highest pitch, leaves little
room for reason or reflection, but addresses
itself entirely to the fancy or the affections,
captivates the willing hearers, and subdues
their understanding.= _Hume._
=Eloquence is a pictorial representation of
thought.= _Pascal._
=Eloquence is in the assembly, not in the
speaker.= _Wm. Pitt._
=Eloquence is like flame: it requires matter to= 40
=feed on, motion to excite it, and it brightens
as it burns.= _Tac._
=Eloquence is the appropriate organ of the
highest personal energy.= _Emerson._
=Eloquence is the child of knowledge. When
the mind is full, like a wholesome river, it is
also clear.= _Disraeli._
=Eloquence is the language of nature, and
cannot be learned in the schools.= _Colton._
=Eloquence is the painting of thought; and
thus those who, after having painted it, still
add to it, make a picture instead of a portrait.=
_Pascal._
=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 physician, and is
essential to human happiness.= _Galen._
=Employ thy time well if thou meanest to gain= 45
=leisure, and, since you are not sure of a
minute, throw not away an hour.= _Ben.
Franklin._
[Greek: Empodizei ton logon ho phobos]--Fear hampers
speech. _Demades._
=Empressement=--Ardour; warmth. _Fr._
=Empta dolore docet experientia=--Experience
bought with pain teaches effectually. _Pr._
=Empty vessels make the most noise.= _Pr._
=Emulation admires and strives to imitate great= 50
=actions; envy is only moved to malice.=
_Balzac._
=Emulation, even in the brutes, is sensitively
nervous; see the tremor of the thorough-bred
racer before he starts.= _Bulwer Lytton._
=E multis paleis paulum fructus collegi=--Out of
much chaff I have gathered little grain. _Pr._
=Emunctæ naris=--Of nice discernment (_lit._ scent).
_Hor._
[Greek: Hena ... alla leonta]--One, but a lion. _Æsop._
=En ami=--As a friend. _Fr._
=En amour comme en amitié, un tiers souvent
nous embarrasse=--A third person is often an
annoyance to us in love as in friendship. _Fr._
=En arrière=--In the rear. _Fr._ 5
=En attendant=--In the meantime. _Fr._
=En avant=--Forward; on. _Fr._
=En badinant=--In jest. _Fr._
=En beau=--In a favourable light. _Fr._
=En bloc=--In a lump. _Fr._ 10
=En boca cerrada no entra mosca=--Flies don't
enter a shut mouth. _Sp. Pr._
=En bon train=--In a fair way. _Fr._
=En buste=--Half-length. _Fr._
=En cada tierra su uso=--Every country has its
own custom. _Sp. Pr._
=Encouragement after censure is as the sun= 15
=after a shower.= _Goethe._
=En cuéros=--Naked. _Sp._
=Endeavouring, by logical argument, to prove
the existence of God, were like taking out a
candle to look for the sun.= _Carlyle, after
Kant._
=Endeavour not to settle too many habits at
once, lest by variety you confound them,
and so perfect none.= _Locke._
=En dernier ressort=--As a last resource. _Fr._
=En déshabille=--In an undress. _Fr._ 20
=En Dieu est ma fiance=--In God is my trust. _M._
=En Dieu est tout=--All depends on God. _M._
=Endurance is nobler than strength, and
patience than beauty.= _Ruskin._
=Endurance is the crowning quality, and
patience all the passion, of great hearts.=
_Lowell._
=En échelon=--Like steps. _Fr._ 25
=En effet=--In fact; substantially. _Fr._
=Ene i Raad, ene i Sorg=--Alone in counsel, alone
in sorrow. _Dan. Pr._
=En el rio do no hay pezes por demas es echar
redes=--It is in vain to cast nets in a river where
there are no fish. _Sp. Pr._
=En émoi=--In a flutter or ferment. _Fr._
=Energy may be turned to bad uses; but more= 30
=good may always be made of an energetic
nature than of an indolent and impassive one.=
_J. S. Mill._
=Energy will do anything that can be done in
this world; no talents, no circumstances, no
opportunities will make a two-legged animal
a man without it.= _Goethe._
[Greek: En ergmasi de nika tychê, ou sthenos]--In great
acts it is not our strength but our good fortune
that has triumphed. _Pindar._
=En famille=--In a domestic state. _Fr._
=Enfant gâté du monde qu'il gâtait=--A child
spoiled by the world which he spoiled. _Said of
Voltaire._
=Enfants de famille=--Children of the family. _Fr._ 35
=Enfants perdus=--The forlorn hope (_lit._ lost
children). _Fr._
=Enfants terribles=--Dreadful children; precocious
youths who say and do rash things to the annoyance
of their more conservative seniors. _Fr._
=Enfant trouvé=--A foundling. _Fr._
=Enfermer le loup dans la bergerie=--To shut up
the wolf in the sheepfold; to patch up a wound
or a disease. _Fr. Pr._
=En fin les renards se trouvent chez le pelletier=--Foxes 40
come to the furrier's in the end. _Fr. Pr._
=Enflamed with the study of learning and the
admiration of virtue; stirred up with high
hopes of living to be brave men and worthy
patriots, dear to God, and famous to all
ages.= _Milton._
=En foule=--In a crowd. _Fr._
=England expects this day that every man
shall do his duty.= _Nelson, his signal at
Trafalgar._
=England is a domestic country: here home
is revered and the hearth sacred.= _Disraeli._
=England is a paradise for women and a hell= 45
=for horses; Italy a paradise for horses and
a hell for women.= _Burton._
=England is safe if true within itself.= 3 _Hen.
VI._, iv. 1.
=English speech, the sea that receives tributaries
from every region under heaven.=
_Emerson._
=En grace affié=--On grace depend. _Fr._
=En grande tenue=--In full dress. _Fr._
=En habiles gens=--Like able men. _Fr._ 50
=Enjoying things which are pleasant, that is not
the evil; it is the reducing of our moral self
to slavery by them that is.= _Carlyle._
=Enjoyment soon wearies both itself and us;
effort, never.= _Jean Paul._
=Enjoyment stops when indolence begins.= _Pollock._
=Enjoy the blessings of this day, if God sends
them, and the evils bear patiently and
sweetly. For this day only is ours; we
are dead to yesterday and we are not born
to to-morrow.= _Jeremy Taylor._
=Enjoy what God has given thee, and willingly= 55
=dispense with what thou hast not. Every
condition has its own joys and sorrows.=
_Gellert._
=Enjoy what thou hast inherited from thy sires
if thou wouldst possess it; what we employ
not is an oppressive burden; what the
moment brings forth, that only can it profit
by.= _Goethe._
=Enjoy when you can, and endure when you
must.= _Goethe._
=Enjoy your little while the fool is seeking for
more.= _Sp. Pr._
=Enjoy your own life without comparing it with
that of another.= _Condorcet._
=En la cour du roi chacun y est pour soi=--In the 60
court of the king it is every one for himself. _Fr.
Pr._
=Enlarge not thy destiny; endeavour not to do
more than is given thee in charge.= _Gr. Oracle._
=En la rose je fleuris=--In the rose I flourish. _M._
=En mariage, comme ailleurs, contentement
passe richesse=--In marriage, as in other states,
contentment is better than riches. _Molière._
=En masse=--In a body. _Fr._
=En mauvaise odeur=--In bad repute. _Fr._ 65
=Ennemi ne s'endort=--An enemy does not go to
sleep. _Fr. Pr._
=Ennui has perhaps made more gamblers than
avarice, more drunkards than thirst, and
perhaps as many suicides as despair.= _Colton._
=Ennui is a growth of English root, though
nameless in our language.= _Byron._
=Ennui is a word which the French invented,
though of all nations in Europe they know
the least of it.= _Bancroft._
=Ennui is our greatest enemy.= _Justus Möser._
=Ennui is the desire of activity without the fit
means of gratifying the desire.= _Bancroft._
=Ennui shortens life and bereaves the day of its= 5
=light.= _Emerson._
=Ennui, the parent of expensive and ruinous
vices.= _Ninon de l'Enclos._
=Enough is as good as a feast.= _Pr._
=Enough is better than too much.= _Pr._
=Enough is great riches.= _Dan. Pr._
=Enough is the wild-goose-chase of most men's= 10
=lives.= _Brothers Mayhew._
=Enough--no foreign foe could quell / Thy soul,
till from itself it fell; / Yes, self-abasement
paved the way / To villain bonds and despot
sway.= _Byron._
=Enough requires too much; too much craves
more.= _Quarles._
=En papillote.=--In curl-papers. _Fr._
=En parole je vis=--I live by the word. _Fr._
=En passant=--By the way. _Fr._ 15
=En pension=--Board at a pension. _Fr._
=En petit champ croît bien bon blé=--Very good
corn grows in a little field. _Fr. Pr._
=En peu d'heure Dieu labeure=--God works in
moments, _i.e._, His work is soon done. _Fr._
=En plein jour=--In open day. _Fr._
=En potence=--In the form of a gallows. _Fr._ 20
=En présence=--In sight of each other. _Fr._
=En queue=--Behind.
=Enquire not what is in another man's pot.=
_Pr._
=En rapport=--In relation; in connection. _Fr._
=En règle=--According to rules. _Fr._ 25
=En resumé=--Upon the whole. _Fr._
=En revanche=--In revenge; to return; to make
amends. _Fr._
=En route=--On the way. _Fr._
=En salvo está el que repica=--He is in safe
quarters who sounds the alarm. _Sp. Pr._
=Ense et aratro=--With sword and plough. _M._ 30
=En suite=--In company. _Fr._
=En suivant la vérité=--In following the truth. _Fr._
=Entente cordiale=--A good or cordial understanding.
_Fr._
=Enthusiasm begets enthusiasm.= _Longfellow._
=Enthusiasm flourishes in adversity, kindles in= 35
=the hour of danger, and awakens to deeds of
renown.= _Dr. Chalmers._
=Enthusiasm gives life to what is invisible, and
interest to what has no immediate action on
our comfort in this world.= _Mme. de Staël._
=Enthusiasm imparts itself magnetically, and
fuses all into one happy and harmonious
unity of feeling and sentiment.= _A. B.
Alcott._
=Enthusiasm is grave, inward, self-controlled;
mere excitement, outward, fantastical, hysterical,
and passing in a moment from tears
to laughter.= _John Sterling._
=Enthusiasm is the genius of sincerity, and
truth accomplishes no victories without it.=
_Bulwer Lytton._
=Enthusiasm is the height of man; it is the= 40
=passing from the human to the divine.= _Emerson._
=Enthusiasm is the leaping lightning, not to be
measured by the horse-power of the understanding.=
_Emerson._
=Entienda primero, y habla postrero=--Hear first
and speak afterwards. _Sp. Pr._
=Entire affection hateth nicer hands.= _Spenser._
=Entire love is a worship and cannot be angry.=
_Leigh Hunt._
[Greek: En tô phronein gar mêden hêdistos bios]--The 45
happiest life consists in knowing nothing. _Soph._
=Entourage=--Surroundings. _Fr._
=En toute chose il faut considérer la fin=--In
everything we must consider the end. _Fr._
=Entre chien et loup=--In the dusk (_lit._ between
dog and wolf). _Fr._
=Entre deux vins=--To be half-seas over; to be
mellow. _Fr._
=Entre esprit et talent il y a la proportion du= 50
=tout à sa partie=--Wit is to talent as a whole to
a part. _La Bruyère._
=Entre le bon sens et le bon goût il y a la différence
de la cause à son effet=--Between good
sense and good taste, there is the same difference
as that between cause and effect. _La Bruyère._
=Entre nos ennemis les plus à craindre sont
souvent les plus petits=--Of our enemies, the
smallest are often the most to be dreaded. _La
Fontaine._
=Entre nous=--Between ourselves. _Fr._
=Entzwei und gebiete=--Divide and rule. _Ger. Pr._
=Entzwei und gebiete! Tüchtig Wort: Verein'= 55
=und leite, Bessrer Hort=--Divide and rule, an
excellent motto: unite and lead, a better.
=En vérité=--In truth.
=En vérité l'amour ne saurait être profond, s'il
n'est pas pur=--Love, in fact, can never be deep
unless it is pure.
=En vieillissant on devient plus fou et plus sage=--As
men grow old they become both foolisher
and wiser. _Fr. Pr._
=En villig Hielper töver ei til man beder=--One
who is willing to help does not wait till he is
asked. _Dan. Pr._
=Envy, among other ingredients, has a mixture= 60
=of the love of justice in it. We are more angry
at undeserved than at deserved good fortune.=
_Hazlitt._
=Envy does not enter an empty house.= _Dan.
Pr._
=Envy feels not its own happiness but by comparison
with the misery of others.= _Johnson._
=Envy, if surrounded on all sides by the brightness
of another's prosperity, like the scorpion
confined with a circle of fire, will sting itself
to death.= _Colton._
=Envy is a passion so full of cowardice and
shame, that nobody ever had the confidence
to own it.= _Rochester._
=Envy is ignorance.= _Emerson._ 65
=Envy is littleness of soul.= _Hazlitt._
=Envy is more irreconcilable than hatred.= _La
Roche._
=Envy is the antagonist of the fortunate.= _Epictetus._
=Envy is the deformed and distorted offspring
of egotism.= _Hazlitt._
=Envy is the most acid fruit that grows on the
stock of sin, a fluid so subtle that nothing
but the fire of divine love can purge it from
the soul.= _H. Ballou._
=Envy, like the worm, never runs but to the
fairest fruit; like a cunning bloodhound, it
singles out the fattest deer in the flock.=
_J. Beaumont._
=Envy ne'er does a gude turn but when it means
an ill ane.= _Sc. Pr._
=Envy will merit as its shade pursue, / But,
like a shadow, proves the substance true.=
_Pope._
=Eodem collyrio mederi omnibus=--To cure all 5
by the same ointment.
=Eo instanti=--At that instant.
=Eo magis præfulgebat quod non videbatur=--He
shone the brighter that he was not seen.
_Tac._
[Greek: Epea pteroenta]--Winged words. _Hom._
=Epicuri de grege porcus=--A pig of the flock of
Epicurus.
[Greek: Epi to poly adikousin hoi anthrôpoi, hotan 10
dynôntai]--In general men do wrong whenever
circumstances enable them. _Arist._
=E pluribus unum=--One of many.
="Eppur si muove"=--Yet it moves. _Galileo, after
he had been forced to swear that the earth stood
still._
=Equality= (Gleichheit) =is always the firmest bond
of love.= _Lessing._
=Equality= (_i.e._, in essential nature) =is the sacred
law of humanity.= _Schiller._
=Eques ipso melior Bellerophonte=--A better 15
horseman than Bellerophon himself. _Hor._
=Equi et poetæ alendi, non saginandi=--Horses
and poets should be fed, not pampered. _Charles
IX. of France._
=Equity is a roguish thing; for law we have
a measure ... (but) equity is according to
the conscience of him who is chancellor, and,
as that is larger or narrower, so is equity.=
_Selden._
=Equity judges with lenity, laws with severity.=
_Scott._
=Equivocation is half way to lying, and lying
is the whole way to hell.= _W. Penn._
=Equo frænato est auris in ore=--The ear of the 20
bridled horse is in the mouth. _Hor._
=Equo ne credite, Teucri=--Trust not the horse,
Trojans. _Virg._
=Erant in officio, sed tamen qui mallent imperantium
mandata interpretari, quam exsequi=--They
attended to their regulations, but still as
if they would rather debate about the commands
of their superiors than obey them. _Tacit._
=Erase que se era=--What has been has been. _Sp.
Pr._
=Erasmus laid the egg= (_i.e._, of the Reformation),
=and Luther hatched it.=
=Er, der einzige Gerechte / Will für Jedermann= 25
=das Rechte / Sei, von seinen hundert Namen, /
Dieser hochgelobet!--Amen!=--He, the only
Just, wills for each one what is right. Be of
His hundred names this one the most exalted.
Amen. _Goethe._
=Ere sin could blight or sorrow fade, / Death
came with friendly care, / The opening bud
to heaven conveyed, / And bade it blossom
there.= _Coleridge._
=Ere we censure a man for seeming what he is
not, we should be sure that we know what
he is.= _Carlyle._
=Er geht herum, wie die Katze um den heissen
Brei=--He goes round it like a cat round hot
broth. _Ger. Pr._
[Greek: Ergon d' ouden oneidos]--Labour is no disgrace.
_Hesiod._
=Erfahrung bleibt des Lebens Meisterin=--Experience 30
is ever life's mistress. _Goethe._
=Erfüllte Pflicht empfindet sich immer noch als
Schuld, weil man sich nie ganz genug gethan=--Duty
fulfilled ever entails a sense of further
obligation, because one feels he has never done
enough to satisfy himself. _Goethe._
=Er hat noch nie die Stimme der Natur gehört=--He
has not yet heard the voice of Nature.
_Schiller._
=Eripe te moræ=--Tear thyself from all that detains
thee. _Hor._
=Eripe turpi / Colla jugo. Liber, liber sum, dic
age=--Tear away thy neck from the base yoke.
Come, say, I am free; I am free. _Hor._
=Eripit interdum, modo dat medicina salutem=--Medicine 35
sometimes destroys health, sometimes
restores it. _Ovid._
="Eripuit cœlo fulmen sceptrumque tyrannis"=--He
snatched the lightning from heaven and
the sceptre from tyrants. (_On the bust of
Franklin._)
=Eris mihi magnus Apollo=--You shall be my
great Apollo. _Virg._
=Erlaubt ist was gefällt; erlaubt ist was sich
ziemt=--What pleases us is permitted us; what
is seemly is permitted us. _Goethe._
=Ernste Thätigkeit söhnt suletzt immer mit
dem Leben aus=--Earnest activity always reconciles
us with life in the end. _Jean Paul._
=Ernst ist der Anblick der Nothwendigkeit. /= 40
=Nicht ohne Schauder greift des Menschen
Hand / In des Geschicks geheimnissvolle
Urne=--Earnest is the aspect of necessity. Not
without a shudder is the hand of man thrust into
the mysterious urn of fate. _Schiller._
=Ernst ist das Leben; heiter ist die Kunst=--Life
is earnest; art is serene. _Schiller._
=Erquickung hast du nicht gewonnen, / Wenn
sie dir nicht aus eigner Seele quillt=--Thou
hast gained no fresh life unless it flows to thee
direct out of thine own soul. _Goethe._
=Errantem in viam reducito=--Lead back the wanderer
into the right way.
=Errare humanum est=--It is human to err.
=Errare malo cum Platone, quam cum istis vera= 45
=sentire=--I had rather be wrong with Plato than
think right with those men. _Cic._
=Errata=--Errors in print.
=Erringen will der Mensch, er will nicht sicher
sein=--Man will ever wrestle; he will never trust.
_Goethe._
=Erring is not cheating.= _Ger. Pr._
=Error cannot be defended but by error.= _Bp.
Jewel._
=Error is always more busy than ignorance.= 50
=Ignorance is a blank sheet on which we may
write, but error is a scribbled one from which
we must first erase.= _Colton._
=Error is always talkative.= _Goldsmith._
=Error is but opinion in the making.= _Milton._
=Error is but the shadow of truth.= _Stillingfleet._
=Error is created; truth is eternal.= _Wm. Blake._
=Error is on the surface; truth is hid in great
depths.= _Goethe._
=Error is sometimes so nearly allied to truth
that it blends with it as imperceptibly as
the colours of the rainbow fade into each
other.= _W. B. Clulow._
=Error is worse than ignorance.= _Bailey._
=Error never leaves us, yet a higher need= 5
=always draws the striving spirit gently on
to truth.= _Goethe._
=Error of opinion may be tolerated where reason
is left free to combat it.= _Jefferson._
=Errors like straws upon the surface flow; /
He who would search for pearls must dive
below.= _Dryden._
=Error, sterile in itself, produces only by means
of the portion of truth which it contains.=
_Mme. Swetchine._
=Errors, to be dangerous, must have a great deal
of truth mingled with them; ... from pure
extravagance, and genuine, unmingled falsehood,
the world never has sustained, and
never can sustain, any mischief.= _Sydney
Smith._
=Error, when she retraces her steps, has farther= 10
=to go before she can arrive at truth than
ignorance.= _Colton._
=Erröten macht die Hässlichen so schön: / Und
sollte Schöne nicht noch schöner machen?=--Blushing
makes even the ugly beautiful, and
should it not make beauty still more beautiful?
_Lessing._
=Ersparte Wahl ist auch ersparte Mühe=--Selection
saved is trouble saved. _Platin._
=Er steckt seine Nase in Alles=--He thrusts his
nose into everything. _Ger. Pr._
=Erst seit ich liebe ist das Leben schön, / Erst
seit ich liebe, weiss ich, dass ich lebe=--Only
since I loved is life lovely; only since I loved
knew I that I lived. _Körner._
=Erst wägen, dann wagen=--First weigh, then 15
venture. _M. von Moltke._
=Ertragen muss man was der Himmel sendet. /
Unbilliges erträgt kein edles Herz=--We must
bear what Heaven sends. No noble heart will
bear injustice. _Schiller._
=Erudition is not like a lark, which flies high
and delights in nothing but singing; 'tis
rather like a hawk, which soars aloft indeed,
but can stoop when she finds it convenient,
and seize her prey.= _Bacon._
=Er wünscht sich einen grossen Kreis / Um ihn
gewisser zu erschüttern=--He desires a large
circle in order with greater certainty to move it
deeply. _Goethe._
=Es bedarf nur einer Kleinigkeit, um zwei
Liebende zu unterhalten=--Any trifle is enough
to entertain two lovers. _Goethe._
=Es bildet ein Talent sich in der Stille, / Sich ein= 20
=Character in dem Strom der Welt=--A talent
is formed in retirement, a character in the current
of the world. _Goethe._
=Es bildet / Nur das Leben den Mann, und
wenig bedeuten die Worte=--Only life forms
the man, and words signify little. _Goethe._
=Eschew fine words as you would rouge; love
simple ones as you would native roses on
your cheek.= _Hare._
=Escuchas al agujero; oirás de tû mal y del
ageno=--Listen at the keyhole; you will hear evil
of yourself as well as your neighbour. _Sp. Pr._
=E se finxit velut araneus=--He spun from himself
like a spider.
=Esel singen schlecht, weil sie zu hoch anstimmen=--Asses 25
sing abominably, because they pitch
their notes at too high a key. _Ger. Pr._
=Es erben sich Gesetz' und Rechte / Wie eine
ewige Krankheit fort=--Laws and rights descend
like an inveterate inherited disease. _Goethe._
=Es findet jeder seinen Meister=--Every one finds
his master. _Ger. Pr._
=Es geht an=--It is a beginning. _Ger._
=Es giebt eine Höflichkeit des Herzens; sie ist
der Liebe verwandt.=--There is a courtesy of
the heart which is allied to love; out of it there
springs the most obliging courtesy of external
behaviour. _Goethe._
=Es giebt eine Schwelgerei des Geistes wie= 30
=es eine Schwelgerei der Sinne giebt=--There
is a debauchery of spirit, as there is of senses.
_Börne._
=Es giebt gewisse Dinge, wo ein Frauenzimmer
immer schärfer sieht, als hundert Augen der
Mannspersonen=--There are certain things in
which a woman's vision is sharper than a hundred
eyes of the male. _Lessing._
=Es giebt keine andre Offenbarung, als die
Gedanken der Weisen=--There is no other revelation
than the thoughts of the wise among men.
_Schopenhauer._
=Es giebt kein Gesetz was hat nicht ein Loch,
wer's finden kann=--There is no law but has in
it a hole for him who can find it. _Ger. Pr._
=Es giebt Männer welche die Beredsamkeit
weiblicher Zungen übertreffen, aber kein
Mann besitzt die Beredsamkeit weiblicher
Augen=--There are men the eloquence of whose
tongues surpasses that of women, but no man
possesses the eloquence of women's eyes. _Weber._
=Es giebt mehr Diebe als Galgen=--There are 35
more thieves than gallows. _Ger. Pr._
=Es giebt Menschen, die auf die Mängel ihrer
Freunde sinnen; dabei kommt nichts heraus.
Ich habe immer auf die Verdienste meiner
Widersacher Acht gehabt und davon Vortheil
gezogen=--There are men who brood on
the failings of their friends, but nothing comes
of it. I have always had respect to the merits
of my adversaries, and derived profit from doing
so. _Goethe._
=Es giebt Naturen, die gut sind durch das was
sie erreichen, andere durch das was sie
verschmähen=--There are natures which are
good by what they attain, and others that are
so by what they disdain. _H. Grimm._
=Es giebt nur eine Religion, aber es kann
vielerlei Arten der Glaubens geben=--There is
only one religion, but there may be divers forms
of belief. _Kant._
=Es hört doch Jeder nur was er versteht=--Every
one hears only what he understands. _Goethe._
=Es irrt der Mensch, so lang er strebt=--Man is 40
liable to err as long as he strives. _Goethe._
=Es ist besser, das geringste Ding von der
Welt zu thun, als eine halbe Stunde für
gering halten=--It is better to do the smallest
thing in the world than to regard half an hour
as a small thing. _Goethe._
=Es ist bestimmt in Gottes Rath / Dass man vom
Liebsten, was man hat, / Muss scheiden=--It
is ordained in the counsel of God that we must
all part from the dearest we possess. _Feuchtersleben._
=Es ist das Wohl des Ganzen, wovon jedes
patriotische, wovon selbst jedes eigennützige
Gemüth das seinige hofft=--It is the
welfare of the whole from which every patriotic,
and even every selfish, soul expects its own.
_Gentz._
=Es ist der Geist, der sich den Körper baut=--It
is the spirit which builds for itself the body.
_Schiller._
=Es ist freundlicher das menschliche Leben
anzulachen, als es anzugrinzen=--It is more
kindly to laugh at human life than to grin at it.
_Wieland._
=Es ist klug und kühn den unvermeidlichen.
Uebel entgegenzugehen=--It shows sense and
courage to be able to confront unavoidable evil.
_Goethe._
=Es ist nicht gut, wenn derjenige der die= 5
=Fackel trägt, zugleich auch den Weg
sucht=--It is not good when he who carries the
torch has at the same time also the way to
seek. _Cölvös._
=Es ist nicht nötig, dass ich lebe, wohl aber,
dass ich meine Pflicht thue und für mein
Vaterland kämpfe=--It is not a necessity that I
should live, but it is that I should do my duty
and fight for my fatherland. _Frederick the
Great._ (?)
=Es ist öde, nichts ehren können, als sich selbst=--It
is dreary for a man to be able to worship
nothing but himself. _Hebbel._
=Es ist schwer gegen den Augenblick gerecht
sein; der gleichgültige macht uns Langeweile,
am Guten hat man zu tragen und
am Bösen zu schleppen=--It is difficult to be
square with the moment; the indifferent one
is a bore to us (_lit._ causes us _ennui_); with the
good we have to bear and with the bad to drag.
_Goethe._
=Es ist so schwer, den falschen Weg zu meiden=--It
is so difficult to avoid the wrong way.
_Goethe._
=Es ist unköniglich zu weinen--ach, / Und= 10
=hier nicht weinen ist unväterlich=--To weep
is unworthy of a king--alas! and not to weep
now is unworthy of a father. _Schiller._
=Es kämpft der Held am liebsten mit dem Held=--Hero
likes best to fight with hero. _Körner._
=Es kann der beste Herz in dunkeln Stunden
fehlen=--The best heart may go wrong in dark
hours. _Goethe._
=Es kann ja nicht immer so bleiben / Hier unter
dem wechselnden Mond=--Sure it cannot
always be so here under the changing moon.
_Kotzebue._
=Es kann nichts helfen ein grosses Schicksal
zu haben, wenn man nicht weiss, dass man
eines hat=--It is of no avail for a man to have a
great destiny if he does not know that he has one.
_Rahel._
=Es kommen Fälle vor im Menschenleben, /= 15
=Wo's Weisheit ist, nicht allzu weise sein=--There
are situations in life when it is wisdom
not to be too wise. _Schiller._
=Es leben Götter, die den Hochmut rächen=--There
live gods who take vengeance on pride.
_Schiller._
=Es liebt die Welt das Strahlende zu schwärtzen,
/ Und das Erhabne in den Staub zu
ziehn=--The world is fain to obscure what is
brilliant, and to drag down to the dust what is
exalted. _Schiller._
=Es liesse sich Alles trefflich schlichten, Könnte
man die Sachen zweimal verrichten=--Everything
could be beautifully adjusted if matters
could be a second time arranged. _Goethe._
=Es muss auch solche Käuze geben=--There
must needs be such fellows in the world too.
_Goethe._
[Greek: hê sophias pêgê dia bibliôn rheei]--The fountain 20
of wisdom flows through books. _Gr. Pr._
=Espérance en Dieu=--Hope in God. _M._
=Espionage=--The spy system. _Fr._
=Esprit borné=--Narrow mind. _Fr._
=Esprit de corps=--Spirit of brotherhood in a corporate
body. _Fr._
=Esprit de parti=--Party spirit. _Fr._ 25
=Esprit fort=--A free-thinker. _Fr._
=Esprit juste=--Sound mind. _Fr._
=Esprit vif=--Ready wit. _Fr._
=Es reift keine Seligkeit unter dem Monde=--No
happiness ever comes to maturity under the
moon. _Schiller._
=Essayez=--Try. _M._ 30
=Esse bonum facile est, ubi quod vetet esse
remotum est=--It is easy to be good, when all
that prevents it is far removed. _Ovid._
=Esse quam videri=--To be rather than to seem.
[Greek: Essetai êmar hot' an pot' olôlê Ilios hirê]--A
day will come when the sacred Ilium shall
be no more. _Hom._
=Es schwinden jedes Kummers Falten / So lang
des Liebes Zauber walten=--The wrinkles of
every sorrow disappear as long as the spell of
love is unbroken. _Schiller._
=Es sind nicht alle frei, die ihrer Ketten spotten=--All 35
are not free who mock their chains. _Ger.
Pr._
=Es sind so gute Katzen die Mäuse verjagen,
als die sie fangen=--They are as good cats that
chase away the mice as those that catch them.
_Ger. Pr._
=Es steckt nicht in Spiegel was man im Spiegel
sieht=--That is not in the mirror which you see
in the mirror. _Ger. Pr._
=Es steht ihm an der Stirn' geschrieben, / Das
er nicht mag eine Seele lieben=--It stands
written on his forehead that he cannot love a
single soul. _Goethe, of Mephistopheles._
=Establish thou the work of our hands upon
us; yea, the work of our hands establish
thou it.= _Bible._
=Est aliquid fatale malum per verba levare=--It 40
is some alleviation of an incurable disease to
speak of it to others. _Ovid._
=Est animus tibi / Rerumque prudens, et secundis /
Temporibus dubiisque rectus=--You
possess a mind both sagacious in the management
of affairs, and steady at once in prosperous
and perilous times. _Hor._
=Est animus tibi, sunt mores et lingua, fidesque=--Thou
hast a man's soul, cultured manners
and power of expression, and fidelity. _Hor., of
a gentleman._
=Est assez riche qui ne doit rien=--He is rich
enough who owes nothing. _Fr. Pr._
=Est aviditas dives, et pauper pudor=--Covetousness
is rich, while modesty is poor. _Phædr._
=Est bonus, ut melior vir / Non alius quisquam=--He 45
is so good that no man can be better.
_Hor._
=Est brevitate opus, ut currat sententia=--There
is need of conciseness that the thought may run
on. _Hor._
=Est demum vera felicitas, felicitate dignum
videri=--True happiness consists in being considered
deserving of it. _Pliny._
=Est deus in nobis, agitante calescimus illo=--There
is a god in us, who, when he stirs, sets us
all aglow. _Ovid._
=Est deus in nobis, et sunt commercia cœli=--There
is a god within us, and we hold commerce
with the sky. _Ovid._
=Esteem a man of many words and many lies= 5
=much alike.= _Fuller._
=Esteem is the harvest of a whole life spent in
usefulness; but reputation is often bestowed
upon a chance action, and depends most on
success.= _G. A. Sala._
=Est enim lex nihil aliud nisi recta et a numine
deorum tracta ratio, imperans honesta, prohibens
contraria=--For law is nothing else but
right reason supported by the authority of the
gods, commanding what is honourable and prohibiting
the contrary. _Cic._
=Est egentissimus in sua re=--He is in very
straitened circumstances.
=Est etiam miseris pietas, et in hoste probatur=--Regard
for the wretched is a duty, and deserving
of praise even in an enemy. _Ovid._
=Est etiam, ubi profecto damnnum præstet facere,= 10
=quam lucrum=--There are occasions when it is
certainly better to lose than to gain. _Plaut._
=Est genus hominum qui esse primos se omnium
rerum volunt, / Nec sunt=--There is a class of
men who wish to be first in everything, and are
not. _Ter._
=Est hic, / Est ubivis, animus si te non deficit
æquus=--It (happiness) is here, it is everywhere,
if only a well-regulated mind does not fail
you. _Hor._
=Est miserorum, ut malevolentes sint atque invideant
bonis=--'Tis the tendency of the wretched
to be ill-disposed towards and to envy the fortunate.
_Plaut._
=Est modus in rebus; sunt certi denique fines, /
Quos ultra citraque nequit consistere rectum=--There
is a mean in all things; there are, in fine,
certain fixed limits, on either side of which what
is right and true cannot exist. _Hor._
=Est multi fabula plena joci=--It is a story full of 15
fun. _Ovid._
=Est natura hominum novitatis avida=--It is
the nature of man to hunt after novelty.
_Pliny._
=Estne Dei sedes nisi terra, et pontus, et aër, /
Et cœlum, et virtus? Superos quid quærimus
ultra? / Jupiter est, quodcunque vides,
quodcunque moveris=--Has God a dwelling
other than earth and sea and air and heaven and
virtue? Why seek we the gods beyond? Whatsoever
you see, wheresoever you go, there is
Jupiter. _Luc._
=Est nobis voluisse satis=--To have willed suffices
us. _Tibull._
=Esto perpetua=--Let it be perpetual.
=Esto quod es; quod sunt alii, sine quemlibet= 20
=esse: / Quod non es, nolis; quod potes esse,
velis=--Be what you are; let whoso will be what
others are. Don't be what you are not, but
resolutely be what you can.
=Esto quod esse videris=--Be what you seem
to be.
=Esto, ut nunc multi, dives tibi, pauper amicis=--Be,
as many now are, rich to yourself, poor to
your friends. _Juv._
=Est pater ille quem nuptiæ demonstrant=--He
is the father whom the marriage-rites point to as
such. _L._
=Est profecto Deus, qui quæ nos gerimus auditque
et videt=--There is certainly a God who
both hears and sees the things which we do.
_Plaut._
=Est proprium stultitiæ aliorum cernere vitia,= 25
=oblivisci suorum=--It is characteristic of folly to
discern the faults of others and forget its own.
_Cic._
=Est quadam prodire tenus, si non datur ultra=--You
may advance to a certain point, if it is not
permitted you to go farther. _Hor._
=Est quædam flere voluptas, / Expletur lachrymis
egeriturque dolor=--There is a certain pleasure
in weeping; grief is soothed and alleviated
by tears. _Ovid._
=Est quoque cunctarum novitas carissima rerum=--Novelty
is the dearest to us of all things. _Ovid._
=Es trägt Verstand und rechter Sinn / Mit wenig
Kunst sich selber vor; und wenn's euch
Ernst ist was zu sagen / Ist's nötig Worten
nachzujagen?=--Understanding and good sense
find utterance with little art; and when you have
seriously anything to say, is it necessary to hunt
for words? _Goethe._
=Es trinken tausend sich den Tod, ehe einer= 30
=stirbt vor Durstes Noth=--A thousand will drink
themselves to death ere one die under stress of
thirst. _Ger. Pr._
=Est tempus quando nihil, est tempus quando
aliquid, nullum tamen est tempus in quo
dicenda sunt omnia=--There is a time when
nothing may be said, a time when something
may, but no time when all things may. _A
Monkish Adage._
=Esurienti ne occurras=--Don't throw yourself in
the way of a hungry man.
=Es will einer was er soll, aber er kann's nicht
machen; es kann einer was er soll, aber er
will's nicht; es will und kann einer, aber er
weiss nicht, was er soll=--One would what he
should, but he can't; one could what he should,
but he won't; one would and could, but he
knows not what he should. _Goethe._
=Es wird wohl auch drüben nicht anders seyn
als hier=--Even _over there_ it will not be otherwise
than it is _here_, I ween. _Goethe._
[Greek: Ê tan ê epi tan]--Either this or upon this. (_The_ 35
_Spartan mother to her son on handing him his
shield._)
=E tardegradis asinis equus non prodiit=--The
horse is not the progeny of the slow-paced ass.
=Et cætera=--And the rest.
=Et c'est être innocent que d'être malheureux=--And
misfortune is the badge of innocence. _La
Font._
=Et credis cineres curare sepultos?=--And do you
think that the ashes of the dead concern themselves
with our affairs? _Virg._
=Et daligt hufoud hade han, men hjertat det= 40
=var godt=--He had a stupid head, but his heart
was good. _Swed. Pr._
=Et decus et pretium recti=--Both the ornament
and the reward of virtue. _M._
=E tenui casa sæpe vir magnus exit=--A great
man often steps forth from a humble cottage. _Pr._
=Eternal love made me.= _Dante._
=Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, / As
shallow streams run dimpling all the way.=
_Pope._
=Eternity, depending on an hour.= _Young._
=Eternity looks grander and kinder if Time
grow meaner and more hostile.= _Carlyle._
=Eternity of being and well-being simply for= 5
=being and well-being's sake, is an ideal belonging
to appetite alone, and which only
the struggle of mere animalism= (_Thierheit_),
=longing to be infinite gives rise to.= _Schiller._
=Et facere et pati fortiter Romanum est=--Bravery
and endurance make a man a Roman. _Liv._
=Et genus et formam regina pecunia donat=--Money,
like a queen, confers both rank and
beauty. _Hor._
=Et genus et proavos, et quæ non fecimus ipsi, /
Vix ea nostra voco=--We can scarcely call birth
and ancestry and what we have not ourselves
done, our own. _Ovid._
=Et genus et virtus, nisi cum re, vilior alga est=--Without
money both birth and virtue are as worthless
as seaweed. _Hor._
=Ethics makes man's soul mannerly and wise,= 10
=but logic is the armoury of reason, furnished
with all offensive and defensive weapons.=
_Fuller._
=Et hoc genus omne=--And everything of this kind.
=Etiam celeritas in desiderio, mora est=--When
we long for a thing, even despatch is delay. _Pub.
Syr._
=Etiam fera animalia, si clausa teneas, virtutis
obliviscuntur=--Even savage animals, if you keep
them in confinement, forget their fierceness.
=Etiam fortes viros subitis terreri=--Even brave
men may be alarmed by a sudden event. _Tac._
=Etiam innocentes cogit mentiri dolor=--Pain 15
makes even the innocent forswear themselves.
_Pub. Syr._
=Etiam oblivisci quod scis, interdum expedit=--It
is sometimes expedient to forget what you know.
_Pub. Syr._
=Etiam sanato vulnere cicatrix manet=--Though
the wound is healed, a scar remains.
=Etiam sapientibus cupido gloriæ novissima
exuitur=--Even by the wise the desire of glory
is the last of all passions to be laid aside.
_Tac._
=Et jam summa procul villarum culmina fumant, /
Majoresque cadunt altis de montibus umbræ=--And
now the cottage roofs yonder smoke, and
the shadows fall longer from the mountain-tops.
_Virg._
=Et je sais, sur ce fait, / Bon nombre d'hommes= 20
=qui sont femmes=--And I know a great 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 morn did shine, /
With all triumphant splendour on my brow; /
But out, alack! it was but one hour mine.=
_Sh._
=Even success needs its consolations.= _George_ 30
_Eliot._
=Even that fish may be caught which resists
most stoutly against it.= _Dan. Pr._
=Even the just man has need of help.= _It. Pr._
=Even the lowest book of chronicles partakes
of the spirit of the age in which it was
written.= _Goethe._
=Even then a wish (I mind its power), / A wish
that to my latest hour / Shall strongly heave
my breast, / That I, for puir auld Scotland's
sake, / Some usefu' plan or beuk could
make, / Or sing a sang at least.= _Burns at
the plough._
=Even though the cloud veils it, the sun is ever= 35
=in the canopy of heaven= (_Himmelszelt_). =A
holy will rules there; the world does not serve
blind chance.= _F. K. Weber._
=Even though vanquished, he could argue still.=
_Goldsmith._
=Even thou who mourn'st the daisy's fate, /
That fate is thine--no distant date; / Stern
Ruin's ploughshare drives elate / Full on
thy bloom, / Till crush'd beneath the farrow's
weight / Shall be thy doom.= _Burns._
=Events are only the shells of ideas; and often
it is the fluent thought of ages that is crystallised
in a moment by the stroke of a pen or
the point of a bayonet.= _Chapin._
=Events of all sorts creep or fly exactly as God
pleases.= _Cowper._
=Eventus stultorum magister est=--Only the event 40
teaches fools. _Liv._
=Even weak men when united are powerful.=
_Schiller._
=Evêque d'or, crosse de bois; crosse d'or, évêque
de bois=--Bishop of gold, staff of wood; bishop
of wood, staff of gold. _Fr. Pr._
=Ever, as of old, the thing a man will do is the
thing he feels commanded to do.= _Carlyle._
=Ever charming, ever new, / When will the
landscape tire the view?= _John Dyer._
=Ever learning, and never able to come to the= 45
=knowledge of the truth.= _St. Paul._
=Evermore thanks, the exchequer of the poor.=
_Rich. II._, ii. 3.
=Ever must pain urge us to labour, and only
in free effort can any blessedness be imagined
for us.= _Carlyle._
=Ever must the sovereign of mankind be fitly
entitled king=, _i.e._, =the man who= _kens_ =and= _can_.
_Carlyle._
=Ever since Adam's time fools have been in the
majority.= _Casimir Delavigne._
=Ever take it for granted that man collectively= 50
=wishes that which is right; but take care
never to think so of one!= _Schiller._
=Every absurdity has a champion to defend it;
for error is talkative.= _Goldsmith._
=Every action is measured by the depth of the
sentiment from which it proceeds.= _Emerson._
=Every advantage has its tax, but there is none
on the good of virtue; that is the incoming
of God himself, or absolute existence.= _Emerson._
=Every age regards the dawning of new light
as the destroying fire of morality; while that
very age itself, with heart uninjured, finds
itself raised one degree of light above the
preceding.= _Jean Paul._
=Every attempt to crush an insurrection with
means inadequate to the end foments instead
of suppressing it.= _C. Fox._
=Every author, in some degree, portrays himself
in his works, be it even against his
will.= _Goethe._
=Every base occupation makes one sharp in its
practice and dull in every other.= _Sir P.
Sidney._
=Every bean has its black.= _Pr._
=Every beginning is cheerful; the threshold is= 5
=the place of expectation.= _Goethe._
=Every beloved object is the centre of a paradise.=
_Novalis._
=Every being is a moving temple of the Infinite.=
_Jean Paul._
=Everybody is wise after the event.= _Pr._
=Everybody knows that fanaticism is religion
caricatured; yet with many, contempt of
fanaticism is received as a sure sign of hostility
to religion.= _Whipple._
=Everybody knows that government never began= 10
=anything. It is the whole world that
thinks and governs.= _W. Phillips._
=Everybody likes and respects self-made men.
It is a great deal better to be made in that
way than not to be made at all.= _Holmes._
=Everybody says it, and what everybody says
must be true.= _J. F. Cooper._
=Everybody's business in the social system is
to be agreeable.= _Dickens._
=Everybody's business is nobody's.= _Pr._
=Everybody's friend is nobody's.= _Pr._ 15
=Every book is good to read which sets the
reader in a working mood.= _Emerson._
=Every book is written with a constant secret
reference to the few intelligent persons whom
the writer believes to exist in the million.=
_Emerson._
=Every brave life out of the past does not
appear to us so brave as it really was, for
the forms of terror with which it wrestled
are now overthrown.= _Jean Paul._
=Every brave man is a man of his word.= _Corneille._
=Every brave youth is in training to ride and= 20
=rule his dragon.= _Emerson._
=Every bullet has its billet.= _Pr._
=Every Calvary has its Olivet.= _H. Giles._
=Every capability, however slight, is born with
us; there is no vague general capability in
man.= _Goethe._
=Every child is to a certain extent a genius, and
every genius is to a certain extent a child.=
_Schopenhauer._
=Every cloud engenders not a storm.= 3 _Hen._ 25
_VI._, v. 3.
=Every cloud that spreads above / And veileth
love, itself is love.= _Tennyson._
=Every cock is proud on his own dunghill.=
_Pr._
=Every conceivable society may well be figured
as properly and wholly a Church, in one or
other of these three predicaments: an audibly
preaching and prophesying Church, which is
the best; a Church that struggles to preach
and prophesy, but cannot as yet till its Pentecost
come; a Church gone dumb with old
age, or which only mumbles delirium prior to
dissolution.= _Carlyle._
=Every cottage should have its porch, its oven,
and its tank.= _Disraeli._
=Every couple is not a pair.= _Pr._ 30
=Every craw thinks her ain bird whitest.= _Sc. Pr._
=Every creature can bear well-being except
man.= _Gael. Pr._
=Every crime has in the moment of its perpetration
its own avenging angel.= _Schiller._
=Every day hath its night, every weal its woe.=
_Pr._
=Every day in thy life is a leaf in thy history.= 35
_Arab. Pr._
=Every day is the best day in the year. No
man has learned anything rightly until he
knows that every day is Doomsday.= _Emerson._
=Every day should be spent by us as if it were
to be our last.= _Pub. Syr._
=Every department of knowledge passes successively
through three stages: the theological,
or fictitious; the metaphysical, or abstract;
and the scientific, or positive.= _Comte._
=Every desire bears its death in its very gratification.=
_W. Irving._
=Every desire is a viper in the bosom, who,= 40
=when he was chill, was harmless, but when
warmth gave him strength, exerted it in
poison.= _Johnson._
=Every dog must have his day.= _Swift._
=Every door may be shut but death's door.= _Pr._
=Every established religion was once a heresy.=
_Buckle._
=Every event that a man would master must
be mounted on the run, and no man ever
caught the reins of a thought except as it
galloped past him.= _Holmes._
=Every evil to which we do not succumb is a= 45
=benefactor; we gain the strength of the
temptation we resist.= _Emerson._
=Every excess causes a defect; every deficit,
an excess. Every sweet has its sour; every
evil, its good. Every faculty which is a receiver
of pleasure has an equal penalty put
on its abuse.= _Emerson._
=Every experiment, by multitudes or by individuals,
that has a sensual and selfish aim,
will fail.= _Emerson._
=Every faculty is conserved and increased by
its appropriate exercise.= _Epictetus._
=Every fancy that we would substitute for a
reality is, if we saw it aright and saw the
whole, not only false, but every way less
beautiful and excellent than that which we
sacrifice to it.= _J. Sterling._
=Every flood has its ebb.= _Dut. Pr._ 50
=Every fool thinks himself clever enough.= _Dan.
Pr._
=Every fool will be meddling.= _Bible._
=Every foot will tread on him who is in the
mud.= _Gael. Pr._
=Every form of freedom is hurtful, except that
which delivers us over to perfect command
of ourselves.= _Goethe._
=Every form of human life is romantic.= _T. W. 55
Higginson._
=Every fresh acquirement is another remedy=
=against affliction and time.= _Willmott._
=Every friend is to the other a sun and a sunflower
also: he attracts and follows.= _Jean
Paul._
=Every generation laughs at the old fashions,
but follows religiously the herd.= _Thoreau._
=Every generous action loves the public view,
yet no theatre for virtue is equal to a consciousness
of it.= _Cic._
=Every genius has most power in his own language,
and every heart in its own religion.=
_Jean Paul._
=Every genius is defended from approach by
quantities of unavailableness.= _Emerson._
=Every genuine work of art has as much reason= 5
=for being as the earth and the sun.= _Emerson._
=Every gift which is given, even though it be
small, is in reality great if it be given with
affection.= _Pindar._
=Every good act is charity. A man's true
wealth hereafter is the good that he does
in this world to his fellows.= _Mahomet._
=Every good gift and every perfect gift is from
above.= _St. James._
=Every good gift comes from God.= _Pr._
=Every good picture is the best of sermons= 10
=and lectures: the sense informs the soul.=
_Sydney Smith._
=Every good writer has much idiom; it is the
life and spirit of language.= _Landor._
=Every great and commanding movement in
the annals of the world is the triumph of
enthusiasm.= _Emerson._
=Every great and original writer, in proportion
as he is great or original, must himself create
the taste by which he is to be relished.=
_Wordsworth._
=Every great book is an action, and every great
action is a book.= _Luther._
=Every great genius has a special vocation,= 15
=and when he has fulfilled it, he is no longer
needed.= _Goethe._
=Every great man is unique.= _Emerson._
=Every great mind seeks to labour for eternity.
All men are captivated by immediate advantages;
great minds alone are excited by the
prospect of distant good.= _Schiller._
=Every great poem is in itself limited by necessity,
but in its suggestions unlimited and
infinite.= _Longfellow._
=Every great reform which has been effected
has consisted, not in doing something new,
but in undoing something old.= _Buckle._
=Every great writer is a writer of history, let= 20
=him treat on almost what subject he may.
He carries with him for thousands of years
a portion of his times; and, indeed, if only
his own effigy were there, it would be
greatly more than a fragment of his century.=
_Landor._
=Every healthy effort is directed from the inward
to the outward world.= _Goethe._
=Every heart knows its own bitterness.= _Pr._
=Every hero becomes a bore at last.= _Emerson._
=Every heroic act measures itself by its contempt
of some external good; but it finds
its own success at last, and then the prudent
also extol.= _Emerson._
=Every honest miller has a golden thumb.= 25
_Pr._
=Every hour has its end.= _Scott._
=Every house is builded by some man; but he
that built all things is God.= _St. Paul._
=Every human being is intended to have a
character of his own, to be what no other is,
to do what no other can.= _Channing._
=Every human feeling is greater and larger
than the exciting cause--a proof, I think,
that man is designed for a higher state of
existence.= _Coleridge._
=Every idea must have a visible unfolding.= 30
_Victor Hugo._
=Every idle word that men shall speak, they
shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.=
_Jesus._
=Every inch a king.= _Lear_, iv. 6.
=Every inch of joy has an ell of annoy.= _Sc. Pr._
=Every individual colour makes on men an impression
of its own, and thereby reveals its
nature to the eye as well as the mind.= _Goethe._
=Every individual nature has its own beauty.= 35
_Emerson._
=Every inordinate cup is unbless'd, and the ingredient
is a devil.= _Othello_, ii. 3.
=Every joy that comes to us is only to strengthen
us for some greater labour that is to succeed.=
_Fichte._
=Every knave is a thorough knave, and a
thorough knave is a knave throughout.= _Bp.
Berkeley._
=Every light has its shadow.= _Pr._
=Every little fish expects to become a whale.= 40
_Dan. Pr._
=Every little helps.= _Pr._
=Every little helps, as the sow said when she
snapt at a gnat.= _Dan. Pr._
=Every loving woman is a priestess of the past.=
_Amiel._
=Every man alone is sincere; at the entrance of
a second person, hypocrisy begins.= _Emerson._
=Every man as an individual is secondary to= 45
=what he is as a worker for the progress of
his kind and the glory of the gift allotted to
him.= _Stedman._
=Every man can build a chapel in his breast,
himself the priest, his heart the sacrifice,
and the earth he treads on the altar.=
_Jeremy Taylor._
=Every man can guide an ill wife but him that
has her.= _Sc. Pr._
=Every man carries an enemy in his own bosom.=
_Dan. Pr._
=Every man carries within him a potential madman.=
_Carlyle._
=Every man deems that he has precisely the= 50
=trials and temptations which are the hardest
to bear; but they are so because they are
the very ones he needs.= _Jean Paul._
=Every man desires to live long, but no man
would be old.= _Swift._
=Every man feels instinctively that all the
beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less
than a single lovely action.= _Lowell._
=Every man has a bag hanging before him in
which he puts his neighbour's faults, and
another behind him in which he stows his
own.= _Coriolanus_, ii. 1.
=Every man has a goose that lays golden eggs,
if he only knew it.= _Amer. Pr._
=Every man has at times in his mind the ideal= 55
=of what he should be, but is not. In all men
that really seek to improve, it is better than
the actual character.= _Theo. Parker._
=Every man hath business and desire, / Such as
it is.= _Ham._, i. 5.
=Every man has his fault, and honesty is his.=
_Timon of Athens_, iii. 1.
=Every man has his lot, and the wide world
before him.= _Dan. Pr._
=Every man has his own style, just as he has
his own nose.= _Lessing._
=Every man has his weak side.= _Pr._ 5
=Every man has in himself a continent of undiscovered
character. Happy is he who acts the
Columbus to his own soul.= _Sir J. Stephens._
=Every man has just as much vanity as he
wants understanding.= _Pope._
=Every man hath a good and a bad angel
attending on him in particular all his life
long.= _Burton._
=Every man, however good he may be, has a
still better man dwelling in him which is
properly himself, but to whom nevertheless
he is often unfaithful. It is to this interior
and less unstable being that we should attach
ourselves, not to the changeable every-day
man.= _W. v. Humboldt._
=Every man in his lifetime needs to thank his= 10
=faults.= _Emerson._
=Every man is an impossibility until he is born;
everything impossible till we see it a success.=
_Emerson._
=Every man is a quotation from all his ancestors.=
_Emerson._
=Every man is a rascal as soon as he is sick.=
_Johnson._
=Every man is exceptional.= _Emerson._
=Every man is his own greatest dupe.= _A. B._ 15
_Alcott._
=Every man is not so much a workman in the
world as he is a suggestion of that he should
be. Men walk as prophecies of the next
age.= _Emerson._
=Every man is the architect of his own fortune.=
_Sallust._
=Every man must carry his own sack to the
mill.= _Dan. Pr._
=Every man must in a measure be alone in the
world. No heart was ever cast in the same
mould as that which we bear within us.=
_Berne._
=Every man of sound brain whom you meet= 20
=knows something worth knowing better than
yourself.= _Bulwer Lytton._
=Every man ought to have his opportunity to
conquer the world for himself.= _Emerson._
=Every man rejoices twice when he has a
partner of his joy.= _Jeremy Taylor._
=Every man seeks the truth, but God only
knows who has found it.= _Chesterfield._
=Every man shall bear his own burden.= _St. Paul._
=Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a= 25
=right answer.= _Bible._
=Every man should study conciseness in speaking;
it is a sign of ignorance not to know
that long speeches, though they may please
the speaker, are the torture of the hearer.=
_Feltham._
=Every man stamps his value on himself. The
price we challenge for ourselves is given us.=
_Schiller._
=Every man takes care that his neighbour
shall not cheat him.= _Emerson._
=Every man acts truly so long as he acts his
nature, or some way makes good the faculties
in himself.= _Sir T. Browne._
=Every man turns his dreams into realities as= 30
=far as he can. Man is cold as ice to the truth,
but as fire to falsehood.= _La Fontaine._
=Every man who observes vigilantly and resolves
steadfastly grows unconsciously into
a genius.= _Bulwer Lytton._
=Every man who strikes blows for power, for
influence, for institutions, for the right, must
be just as good an anvil as he is a hammer.=
_J. G. Holland._
=Every man who would do anything well must
come to us from a higher ground.= _Emerson._
=Every man willingly gives value to the praise
which he receives, and considers the sentence
passed in his favour as the sentence of discernment.=
_Johnson._
=Every man, within that inconsiderable figure= 35
=of his, contains a whole spirit-kingdom
and reflex of the All; and, though to the
eye but some six standard feet in size,
reaches downwards and upwards, unsurveyable,
fading into the regions of immensity
and eternity.= _Carlyle._
=Every man without passions has within him
no principle of action nor motive to act.=
_Helvetius._
=Every man's blind in his ain cause.= _Sc. Pr._
=Every man's destiny is in his own hands.=
_Sydney Smith._
=Every man's follies are the caricature resemblances
of his wisdom.= _J. Sterling._
=Every man's life lies within the present.= _Marcus_ 40
_Antoninus._
=Every man's man has a man, and that gar'd
the Tarve= (a Douglas Castle) =fa'.= _Sc. Pr._
=Every man's own reason is his best Œdipus.=
_Sir Thomas Browne._
=Every man's powers have relation to some
kind of work, and wherever he finds that
kind of work which he can do best, he finds
that by which he can best build up or make
his manhood.= _J. G. Holland._
=Every man's reason is every man's oracle.=
_Bolingbroke._
=Every moment, as it passes, is of infinite= 45
=value, for it is the representative of a whole
eternity.= _Goethe._
=Every moment instructs, and every object, for
wisdom is infused into every form. It has
been poured into us as blood; it convulsed
us as pain; it slid into us as pleasure.= _Emerson._
=Every morsel to a satisfied hunger is only a
new labour to a tired digestion.= _South._
=Every mortal longs for his parade-place; would
still wish, at banquets, to be master of some
seat or other wherein to overtop this or that
plucked goose of the neighbourhood.= _Carlyle._
=Every movement in the skies or upon the earth
proclaims to us that the universe is under
government.= _Draper._
=Every natural action is graceful.= _Emerson._ 50
=Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual
fact.= _Emerson._
=Every newly discovered truth judges the world,
separates the good from the evil, and calls
on faithful souls to make sure their election.=
_Julia W. Howe._
=Every new opinion, at its starting, is precisely
in a minority of one.= _Carlyle._
=Every noble crown is, and on earth will ever
be, a crown of thorns.= _Carlyle._
=Every noble life leaves the fibre of it interwoven
for ever in the work of the world.=
_Ruskin._
=Every noble work is at first impossible.= _Carlyle._
=Every novel is a debtor to Homer.= _Emerson._ 5
=Every offence is not a hate at first.= _Mer. of
Ven._, iv. 1.
=Every one believes in his youth that the world
really began with him, and that all merely
exists for his sake.= _Goethe._
=Every one bows to the bush that bields=
(protects) =him=, _i.e._, pays court to him that does
so. _Sc. Pr._
=Every one can master a grief but he that has
it.= _Much Ado_, iii. 2.
=Every one complains of his memory, no one of= 10
=his judgment.= _La Roche._
=Every one draws the water to his own mill.= _Pr._
=Every one excels in something in which another
fails.= _Pub. Syr._
=Every one fault seeming monstrous till his
fellow-fault came to match it.= _As You Like
It_, iii. 2.
=Every one finds sin sweet and repentance
bitter.= _Dan. Pr._
=Every one for himself and God for us all.= _Pr._ 15
=Every one has a trial of his own: my wife is
mine. Happy is he who has no other.= _Saying
of Pittacus._
=Every one is a preacher under the gallows.=
_Dut. Pr._
=Every one is as God made him, and often a
great deal worse.= _Cervantes._
=Every one is his own worst enemy.= _Schefer._
=Every one is judge of what a man seems, no= 20
=one of what a man is.= _Schiller._
=Every one is poorer in proportion as he has
more wants, and counts not what he has,
but wishes only what he has not.= _Manlius._
=Every one is well or ill at ease according as
he finds himself.= _Montaigne._
=Every one knows best where his shoe pinches
him.= _Pr._
=Every one knows better than he practises, and
recognises a better law than he obeys.=
_Froude._
=Every one knows good counsel except him who= 25
=needs it.= _Ger. Pr._
=Every one of us believes in his heart, or would
like to have others believe, that he is something
which he is not.= _Thackeray._
=Every one of us shall give account of himself
to God.= _Bible._
=Every one rakes the fire under his own pot.=
_Dan. Pr._
=Every one regards his duty as a troublesome
master from whom he would like to be free.=
_La Roche._
=Every one should sweep before his own door.= 30
_Pr._
=Every one sings as he has the gift, and marries
as he has the luck.= _Port. Pr._
=Every one that asketh receiveth; and he that
seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh
it shall be opened.= _Jesus._
=Every one that doeth evil hateth the light.=
_St. John._
=Every one that is of the truth heareth my
voice.= _Jesus._
=Every one thinks his own burden the heaviest.= 35
_Pr._
=Every one who is able to administer what he
has, has enough.= _Goethe._
=Every one would be wise; no one will become
so.= _Feuchtersleben._
=Every one would rather believe than exercise
his own judgment.= _Sen._
=Every opinion reacts on him who utters it.=
_Emerson._
=Every other master is known by what he= 40
=utters; the master of style commends himself
to me by what he wisely passes over in
silence.= _Schiller._
=Every painter ought to paint what he himself
loves.= _Ruskin._
=Every passion gives a particular cast to the
countenance, and is apt to discover itself in
some feature or other.= _Addison._
=Every people has its prophet.= _Arab. Pr._
=Every period of life has its peculiar prejudices.
Whoever saw old age that did not applaud the
past and condemn the present?= _Montaigne._
=Every period of life has its peculiar temptations= 45
=and dangers.= _J. Hawes._
=Every period of life is obliged to borrow its
happiness from the time to come.= _Johnson._
=Every person who manages another is a hypocrite.=
_Thackeray._
=Every petition to God is a precept to man.=
_Jeremy Taylor._
=Every place is safe to him who lives with
justice.= _Epictetus._
=Every pleasure pre-supposes some sort of= 50
=activity.= _Schopenhauer._
=Every poet, be his outward lot what it may,
finds himself born in the midst of prose; he
has to struggle from the littleness and obstruction
of an actual world into the freedom
and infinitude of an ideal.= _Carlyle._
=Every power of both heaven and earth is
friendly to a noble and courageous activity.=
_J. Burroughs._
=Every production of genius must be the production
of enthusiasm.= _Disraeli._
=Every race has its own habitat.= _Knox._
=Every reader reads himself out of the book= 55
=that he reads.= _Goethe._
=Every real master of speaking or writing uses
his personality as he would any other serviceable
material.= _Holmes._
=Every real need is appeased and every vice
stimulated by satisfaction.= _Amiel._
=Every rightly constituted mind ought to rejoice,
not so much in knowing anything
clearly, as in feeling that there is infinitely
more which it cannot know.= _Ruskin._
=Every rose has its thorn.= _Pr._
=Every scripture is to be interpreted by the= 60
=same spirit which gave it forth.= _Quoted by
Emerson._
=Every sect, as far as reason will help it, gladly
uses it; when it fails them, they cry out
it is matter of faith, and above reason.=
_Locke._
=Every shadow points to the sun.= _Emerson._
=Every ship is a romantic object except that
we sail in.= _Emerson._
=Every shoe fits not every foot.= _Pr._
=Every shot does not bring down a bird.= _Dut.
Pr._
=Every soo (sow) to its ain trough.= _Sc. Pr._
=Every species of activity is met by a negation.= 5
_Goethe._
=Every spirit builds itself a house, and beyond
its house a world, and beyond its world a
heaven.= _Emerson._
=Every spirit makes its house, but afterwards
the house confines the spirit.= _Emerson._
=Every step of life shows how much caution is
required.= _Goethe._
=Every step of progress which the world has
made has been from scaffold to scaffold and
from stake to stake.= _Wendell Phillips._
=Every Stoic was a Stoic, but in Christendom= 10
=where is the Christian?= _Emerson._
=Every style formed elaborately on any model
must be affected and strait-laced.= _Whipple._
=Every subject's duty is the king's, but every
subject's soul is his own.= _Hen. V._, iv. 1.
=Every tear of sorrow sown by the righteous
springs up a pearl.= _Matthew Henry._
=Everything a man parts with is the cost of
something. Everything he receives is the
compensation of something.= _J. G. Holland._
=Everything calls for interest, only it must be= 15
=an interest divested of self-interest and sincere.=
_Desjardins._
=Everything comes if a man will only wait.=
_Disraeli._
=Everything, even piety, is dangerous in a man
without judgment.= _Stanislaus._
=Everything good in a man thrives best when
properly recognised.= _J. G. Holland._
=Everything good in man leans on what is
higher.= _Emerson._
=Everything good is on the highway.= _Emerson._ 20
=Everything great is not always good, but all
good things are great.= _Demosthenes._
=Everything holy is before what is unholy;
guilt presupposes innocence, not the reverse;
angels, but not fallen ones, were
created.= _Jean Paul._
=Everything in life, to be of value, must have a
sequence.= _Goethe._
=Everything in nature contains all the powers
of nature. Everything is made of one hidden
stuff.= _Emerson._
=Everything in nature goes by law, and not by= 25
=luck.= _Emerson._
=Everything in nature has a positive and a
negative pole.= _Emerson._
=Everything in nature is a puzzle until it finds
its solution in man, who solves it in some
way with God, and so completes the circle
of creation.= _T. T. Munger._
=Everything in the world can be borne except
a long succession of beautiful days.= _Goethe._
=Everything in this world depends upon will.=
_Disraeli._
=Everything in this world is a tangled yarn;= 30
=we taste nothing in its purity; we do not
remain two moments in the same state.=
_Rousseau._
=Everything is as you take it.= _Pr._
=Everything is beautiful, seen from the point
of the intellect; but all is sour if seen as
experience.= _Emerson._
=Everything is good as it comes from the hands
of the Creator; everything degenerates in
the hands of man.= _Rousseau._
=Everything is mere opinion.= _M. Aurelius._
=Everything is sold to skill and labour.= _Hume._ 35
=Everything is sweetened by risk.= _A. Smith._
=Everything is what it is, and not another
thing.= _Bishop Butler._
=Everything is worth the money that can be
got for it.= _Pub. Syr._
=Everything looks easy that is practised to perfection.=
_Goethe._
=Everything rises but to fall, and increases but= 40
=to decay.= _Sall._
=Everything runs to excess; every good quality
is noxious if unmixed; and to carry the
danger to the edge of ruin, Nature causes
each man's peculiarity to superabound.=
_Emerson._
=Everything springs into being and passes
away according to law, yet how fluctuating
is the lot that presides over the life which is
to us so priceless.= _Goethe._
=Everything that exceeds the bounds of moderation
has an unstable foundation.= _Sen._
=Everything that happens, happens of necessity.=
_Schopenhauer._
=Everything that happens in this world is part= 45
=of a great plan of God running through all
time.= _Ward Beecher._
=Everything that happens to us leaves some
trace behind it, and everything insensibly
contributes to make us what we are.=
_Goethe._
=Everything that is exquisite hides itself.= _J.
Roux._
=Everything that is popular deserves the attention
of the philosopher; although it may not
be of any worth in itself, yet it characterises
the people.= _Emerson._
=Everything that looks to the future elevates
human nature; for never is life so low as
when occupied with the present.= _Landor._
=Everything that tends to emancipate us from= 50
=external restraint without adding to our own
power of self-government is mischievous.=
_Goethe._
=Everything unnatural is imperfect.= _Napoleon._
=Everything useful to the life of man arises
from the ground, but few things arise in
that condition which is requisite to render
them useful.= _Hume._
=Every thought that arises in the mind, in its
rising aims to pass out of the mind into
act; just as every plant, in the moment
of generation, struggles up to the light.=
_Emerson._
=Every thought was once a poem.= _Emerson._ (?)
=Every thought which genius and piety throw= 55
=into the world alters the world.= _Emerson._
=Every time a man smiles, much more when he
laughs, it adds something to his fragment of
life.= _Sterne._
=Every time you forgive a man you weaken
him and strengthen yourself.= _Amer. Pr._
=Every transition is a crisis, and a crisis presupposes
sickness.= _Goethe._
=Every traveller has a home of his own, and he
learns to appreciate it the more from his
wandering.= _Dickens._
=Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit
is hewn down and cast into the fire.= _Jesus._
=Every true man's apparel fits your thief.= _Meas.
for Meas._, iv. 2.
=Every tub must stand on its own bottom.= _Pr._
=Every unpleasant feeling is a sign that I have= 5
=become untrue to my resolutions.= _Jean Paul._
=Every unpunished murder takes away something
from the security of every man's life.=
_Dan. Webster._
=Every vicious habit and chronic disease communicates
itself by descent, and by purity
of birth the entire system of the human body
and soul may be gradually elevated, or by
recklessness of birth degraded, until there
shall be as much difference between the well-bred
and ill-bred human creature (whatever
pains be taken with their education) as between
a wolf-hound and the vilest mongrel
cur.= _Ruskin._
=Every violation of truth is a stab at the health
of society.= _Emerson._
=Every wanton and causeless restraint of the
will of the subject, whether practised by a
monarch, a nobility, or a popular assembly,
is a degree of tyranny.= _Blackstone._
=Everywhere I am hindered of meeting God in= 10
=my brother, because he has shut his own
temple doors, and recites fables merely of
his brother's or his brother's brother's God.=
_Emerson._
=Everywhere in life the true question is, not
what we gain, but what we do; so also in
intellectual matters it is not what we receive,
but what we are made to give, that
chiefly contents and profits us.= _Carlyle._
=Everywhere the formed world is the only
habitable one.= _Carlyle._
=Everywhere the human soul stands between
a hemisphere of light and another of darkness;
on the confines of two everlasting,
hostile empires, Necessity and Free Will.=
_Carlyle._
=Everywhere the individual seeks to show himself
off to advantage, and nowhere honestly
endeavours to make himself subservient to
the whole.= _Goethe._
=Every white will have its black, / And every= 15
=sweet its sour.= _T. Percy._
=Every why hath a wherefore.= _Com. of Errors_,
ii. 2.
=Every wise woman buildeth her house, but
the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.=
_Bible._
=Every word was once a poem.= _Emerson._
=Every worm beneath the moon / Draws different
threads, and late and soon / Spins,
toiling out his own cocoon.= _Tennyson._
=Every youth, from the king's son downwards,= 20
=should learn to do something finely and
thoroughly with his hand.= _Ruskin._
=E vestigio=--Instantly.
=Evil and good are everywhere, like shadow
and substance; (for men) inseparable, yet
not hostile, only opposed.= _Carlyle._
=Evil, be thou my good.= _Milton._
=Evil comes to us by ells and goes away by
inches.= _Pr._
=Evil communications corrupt good manners.= 25
_Pr._
=Evil events from evil causes spring.= _Aristophanes._
=Evil is a far more cunning and persevering
propagandist than good, for it has no inward
strength, and is driven to seek countenance
and sympathy.= _Lowell._
=Evil is generally committed under the hope of
some advantage the pursuit of virtue seldom
obtains.= _B. R. Haydon._
=Evil is merely privative, not absolute; it
is like cold, which is the privation of heat.
All evil is so much death or nonentity.=
_Emerson._
=Evil is wrought by want of thought / As well= 30
=as want of heart.= _T. Hood._
=Evil, like a rolling stone upon a mountain-top, /
A child may first impel, a giant cannot stop.=
_Trench._
=Evil men understand not judgment, but they
that seek the Lord understand all things.=
_Bible._
=Evil news rides post, while good news bates.=
_Milton._
=Evil often triumphs, but never conquers.= _J.
Roux._
=Evil, what we call evil, must ever exist while= 35
=man exists; evil, in the widest sense we can
give it, is precisely the dark, disordered
material out of which man's freewill has to
create an edifice of order and good. Ever
must pain urge us to labour; and only
in free effort can any blessedness be imagined
for us.= _Carlyle._
=Evils can never pass away; for there must
always remain something which is antagonistic
to good.= _Plato._
=Evils that take leave, / On their departure
most of all show evil.= _King John_,
iii. 4.
=Evolare rus ex urbe tanquam ex vinculis=--To
fly from the town into the country, as though
from bonds. _Cic._
=Ewig jung zu bleiben / Ist, wie Dichter
schreiben / Hochstes Lebensgut; / Willst
du es erwerben / Musst du frühe sterben=--To
continue eternally young is, as poets write,
the highest bliss of life; wouldst thou attain to
it, thou must die young. _Rückert._
=Ewig zu sein in jedem Momente=--To be eternal 40
at every moment. _Schleiermacher._
=Ex abrupto=--Without preparation.
=Ex abundante cautela=--From excessive precaution.
_L._
=Ex abusu non arguitur ad usum=--There is no
arguing from the _abuse_ of a thing against the
_use_ of it. _L._
=Ex abusu non argumentum ad desuetudinem=--The
abuse of a thing is no argument for its
discontinuance. _L._
=Exact justice is commonly more merciful in= 45
=the long run than pity, for it tends to foster
in men those stronger qualities which make
them good citizens.= _Lowell._
=Ex æquo=--By right.
=Ex æquo et bono=--In justice and equity.
=Exaggeration is a blood relation to falsehood.=
_H. Ballou._
=Exaggeration is to paint a snake and add
legs.= _Chinese Pr._
=Examine the religious principles which have,
in fact, prevailed in the world. You will
scarcely be persuaded that they are anything
but sick men's dreams.= _Hume._
=Examine your soul and its emotions, and
thoughts will be to you so many glorious
revelations of the Godhead.= _Nourisson._
=Example acquires tenfold authority when it
speaks from the grave.= _W. Phillips._
=Example has more followers than reason.=
_Bovee._
=Example is a hazardous lure: where the wasp= 5
=gets through, the gnat sticks.= _La Fontaine._
=Example is more efficacious than precept.=
_Johnson._
=Example is more forcible than precept. People
look at me six days in the week, to see what
I mean on the seventh.= _Cecil._
=Example is the school of mankind, and they
will learn at no other.= _Burke._
=Examples of rare intelligence, yet more rarely
cultivated, are not lights kindled for a
moment; they live on here in their good
deeds, and in their venerated memories.=
_Gladstone._
=Examples would indeed be excellent things,= 10
=were not people so modest that none will set
them, and so vain that none will follow them.=
_Hare._
=Ex animo=--From the soul; heartily.
=Ex aperto=--Openly.
=Ex auribus cognoscitur asinus=--An ass is known
by his ears. _Pr._
=Ex cathedra=--From the chair; with authority.
=Excellence is never granted to man but as the= 15
=reward of labour.= _Sir Jos. Reynolds._
=Excellent wretch! Perdition catch my soul, /
But I do love thee! and when I love thee
not, / Chaos is come again.= _Othello_, iii. 3.
=Excelsior=--Still higher.
=Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground
and die, it abideth alone; but if it die, it
bringeth forth much fruit.= _Jesus._
=Except by mastership and servantship, there
is no conceivable deliverance from tyranny
and slavery.= _Carlyle._
=Except I be by Silvia in the night, / There is= 20
=no music in the nightingale.= _Two Gent. of
Ver._, iii. 1.
=Except in knowing what it has to do and how
to do it, the soul cannot resolve the riddle
of its destiny.= _Ed._
=Except in obedience to the heaven-chosen is
freedom not so much as conceivable.= _Carlyle._
=Except pain of body and remorse of conscience,
all our evils are imaginary.= _Rousseau._
=Except the Lord build the house, they labour
in vain that build it; except the Lord keep
the city, the watchman waketh in vain.=
_Bible._
=Except ye be converted and become as little= 25
=children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom
of heaven.= _Jesus._
=Exceptio probat regulam=--The exception proves
the rule.
=Exceptis excipiendis=--The requisite exceptions
being made.
=Excepto quod non simul esses, cætera lætus=--Except
that you were not with me, in other
respects I was happy.
=Excerpta=--Extracts. _L._
=Excess generally causes reaction, and produces= 30
=a change in the opposite direction,
whether it be in the seasons, or in individuals,
or in governments.= _Plato._
=Excess in apparel is costly folly. The very
trimming of the vain world would clothe all
the naked ones.= _Wm. Penn._
=Excess of wealth is cause of covetousness.=
_Marlowe._
=Excessit ex ephebis=--He has come to the age of
manhood. _Ter._
=Excessive distrust is not less hurtful than its
opposite. Most men become useless to him
who is unwilling to risk being deceived.=
_Vauvenargues._
=Excitari, non hebescere=--To be spirited, not 35
sluggish. _M._
=Exclusa opes omnes=--All hope is gone. _Plaut._
=Ex commodo=--Leisurely.
=Ex concesso=--Admittedly.
=Ex confesso=--Confessedly.
=Ex curia=--Out of court. 40
=Excusing of a fault / Doth make the fault
worse by the excuse.= _King John_, iv. 2.
=Ex debito justitiæ=--From what is due to justice;
from a regard to justice.
=Ex delicto=--From the crime.
=Ex desuetudine amittuntur privilegia=--Rights
are forfeited by disuse. _L._
=Ex diuturnitate temporis omnia præsumuntur= 45
=esse solemniter acta=--Everything established
for a length of time is presumed to have been
done in due form. _L._
=Exeat=--Let him depart.
=Exegi monumentum ære perennius=--I have
reared a memorial of myself more durable than
brass. _Hor._
=Exempli gratia=--By way of example.
=Exemplo plus quam ratione vivimus=--We live
more by example than reason.
=Exemplumque Dei quisque est in imagine= 50
=parva=--Each man is the copy of his God in
small. _Manil._