Quotes starting with E
Below you will find our collection of inspirational quotes and sayings starting with the letter E, collected over the years from a variety of sources.
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E'er you remark another's sin, bid your own conscience look within. -- Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Each bay, its own wind. -- Fijian (on differences)
Each person has his strong point. -- Aesop (c.620-560 BC)
Each year one vicious habit rooted out, in time might make the worst man good throughout. -- Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Eagles don't catch flies. -- Desiderius Erasmus (1465-1536)
Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. -- Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Earth is dearer than gold. -- Estonian (on nature)
Easier said than done. -- Aesop (c.620-560 BC)
East, west, home's best. -- W.K.Kelly (1859)
Easy come, easy go. -- Chaucer (c.1343-1400)
Easy does it. -- T. Taylor (1863)
Eat coconuts while you have teeth. -- Singhalese (on youth and age)
Eat to live, not live to eat. -- Socrates (469-399 BC)
Economy is the wealth of the poor and the wisdom of the rich. -- French (on thrift)
Eggs have no business dancing with stones. -- Haitian (on prudence)
Empty sacks will never stand upright. -- Italian Proverb
Empty vessels make the most sound. -- John Lydgate (c.1370-1451)
Enough is as good as a feast. -- Sir Thomas Malory (d.1471))
Envy has no rest. -- Middle Eastern (on jealousy and envy)
Envy is based on an incomplete understanding of the other person's situation. -- George Chapman (c.1559-1634)
Envy of others always shows. -- Aesop (c.620-560 BC)
Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty. -- John Philpot Curran (1750-1817)
Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut. -- Korean (on common sense)
Even a sheet of paper has two sides. -- Japanese (on differences)
Even a worm will turn. -- John Heywood (c.1497-1580) "Treade a worme on the tayle and it must turn agayne."
Even children of the same mother, look different. -- Korean (on differences)
Even in Mecca, people make money. -- Hausa (West African (on balance and moderation)
Even monkeys fall out of trees. -- Japanese Proverb
Even the best laid plans go awry. -- unknown
Even the best song becomes tiresome if heard too often. -- Korean (on art and creativity)
Even the best writer has to erase. -- Spanish (on books and writers)
Even the largest army is nothing without a good general. -- Afghan (on leadership)
Even though you have ten thousand fields, you can eat but one measure of rice a day. -- Chinese Proverb
Every adversity carries with it the seed of equal or greater benefit. -- Napolean Hill ()
Every age has its book. -- Arabic (on books and writers)
Every ass loves to hear himself bray. -- English (on vanity and arrogance)
Every burro has his own saddle. -- Equadoran (on differences)
Every cloud has a silver lining. -- D.R. Locke (1863)
Every day of your life is a page of your history. -- Arabic (on life and living)
Every dog has its day. -- John Heywood (c.1497-1580)
Every dog is allowed one bite. -- V.S. Lean (1902)
Every garden may have some weeds. -- English Proverb
Every head is a world. -- Cuban (on differences)
Every herring must hang by his own gill. -- S. Harwood (1609)
Every horse thinks his own pack heaviest. -- Thomas Fuller (1608-1661)
Every jack has his jill; if only they can find each other. -- R. Cotgrave (1611)
Every land has its own law. -- J. Carmichael (1628)
Every man for himself. -- John Heywood (c.1497-1580)
Every man has his price. -- unknown
Every man has to seek his own way to make himself more noble and to realize his own true worth. -- Albert Schweitzer
Every man is the architect of his own fortune. -- Appius (c.470 BC)
Every peddlar praises his own needles. -- Portuguese (on flattery and praise)
Every picture tells a story. -- unknown
Every pot will find its lid. -- Yiddish (on marriage)
Every tear has a smile behind it. -- Iranian (on adversity)
Everybody makes mistakes. -- unknown
Everyone gets their just deserts. -- unknown
Everyone is ignorant only on different subjects. -- Will Rogers (1879-1935)
Everyone is the age of their heart. -- Guatemalan (on youth and age)
Everyone wants to live long but no one wants to be called old. -- Icelandic (on youth and age)
Everything comes to those who wait. -- unknown
Everything in moderation. -- unknown
Everything is lovely when the geese honk high. -- unknown
Exaggeration is truth that has lost its temper. -- Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931)
Example is the best precept. -- Aesop (c.620-560 BC)
Expect the worst, but hope for the best. -- unknown
Experience is the best teacher. -- Latin Proverb
Experience is the mother of wisdom. -- unknown
Experience teaches slowly and at the cost of mistakes. -- James Anthony Froude (1818-1894)