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Each bird loves to hear himself sing.

Each day provides its own gifts.  --Martial [Marcus Valerius Martialis] (43?-104?)

Eagles don't catch flies.

The early bird catches the worm.

Early ripe, early rotten.

Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.  --Benjamin Franklin (1706-90)

Easier said than done.  --David Garrick (1717-79)

East and West, Home is best. / East, west, home's best.

East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet.  --(Joseph) Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936): The Ballad of East and West

Easy come, easy go.

Eat to live, not live to eat.

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Ebony and ivory live together in perfect harmony.  --Paul McCartney (1942-) "with Stevie Wonder (1950-)": Ebony and Ivory

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Education makes machines which act like men and produces men who act like machines.  --Erich Fromm (1900-80)

[i]▲

80% of the production comes from 20% of the producers, and 20% of the production comes from 80% of the producers.  --Vilfredo Pareto (1848-1923)

Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree bad, and its friut bad.  --Bible: Matthew  Chapter 12

Either you deal with what is the reality, or you can be sure that the reality is going to deal with you.  --Alex(ander Palmer) Haley (1921-92)

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An emotional decision is often a wrong decision.

Empty vessels make the most sound.

[n]▲

The end crowns the work.

The end justifies [sanctifies] the means.

English is a sound language; Japanese is a picture language.

Enter ye in by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many be they that enter in thereby.  --Bible: Matthew  Chapter 7

Envy is the companion of honour.

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The equinox brings on a mild weather.

[v]▲

Even a worm will turn.

Even Homer sometimes nods.

Even in small matters it is best to have an experienced guide.  --Yoshida Kenkô (1283?-1352?): Tsure-zure Gusa  Section 52

Even though I give all my belongings to feed the hungry and surrender my body to be burned, but I have no love, I am not in the least benefited.  --Saint Paul (?-c67)  --Bible: 1st Corinthians  Chapter 13  

Even though our outer nature suffers decay, our inner self is renewed day after day.  --Saint Paul (?-c67)  --Bible: 2nd Corinthians  Chapter 4

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.  --Samuel Beckett (1906-89)

Every closed eye is not sleeping, and every open eye is not seeing.  --Bill Cosby (1937-)

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Every dog has his day.

Every extremity is a vice.

Every family has its skeleton in the cupboard.

Every fish that escapes appears greater than it is.

Every flow has its [the/an] ebb.

Every gift, though it be small, is in reality great if given with affection.  --Pindar (522?-443?B.C.)

Every Jack has his Jill.

Every man has his faults.  --William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Timon of Athens

Every man has the defects of his qualities [virtues].

Every man is enthusiastic at times. One man has enthusiasm for thirty minutes, another man has it for thirty days. But it is the man who has it for thirty years who makes a success in life.  --Edward B. Butler

Every man is the architect of his own fortune.

Every man's life is a fairy-tale written by God's finger.  --Hans Christian Andersen (1805-75)

Every man's neighbour is his looking glass.

Every miller draws water to his own mill.

Every other artist begins with a blank canvas, a piece of paper ... the photographer begins with the finished product.  --Edward Steichen (1879-1973)

Every path has a puddle.

Every shoe fits not every foot.

Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.  --Babe [George Herman] Ruth (1895-1948)

Every tide hath [has] its ebb.

Everybody had a hard year; everybody had a good time.   --Lennon-McCartney "The Beatles": I've Got a Feeling

Everybody's business is nobody's business.

Everybody's got a hungry heart. Everybody needs a place to rest; everybody wants to have a home. Don't make no difference what nobody says, ain't nobody like to be alone.  --Bruce Springsteen (1949-): Hungry Heart

Everyone has his particular habit.

Everyone has talent at twenty-five. The difficulty is to have it at fifty.  --Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas (1834-1917)

Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.  --Mark Twain (1835-1910)

Everyone is kin to the rich man.

Everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.  --Bible: Luke  Chapter 14

Everything comes to him who waits.

Everything has an end.

Everything has its time.

Everything is as it is taken.

Everything is good for something.

Everything that has a beginning has an end.  --The Wachowski Brothers [Larry (1965-) / Andy (1967-)]: The Matrix Revolutions

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Example is better than precept.

The excellent becomes the permanent.  --Jane Addams (1860-1935)

The exception proves the rule.

Expectation is better than realization.

Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a little like expecting the bull not to attack you because you are a vegetarian.  --Dennis Wholey

Experience counts.

Experience is a great advantage. The problem is that when you get the experience, you're too damned old to do anything about it.  --Jimmy Connors (1952-)

Experience is not what happens to you. It is what you do with what happens to you.  --Aldous (Leonard) Huxley (1894-1963)

Experience is the mother of wisdom [knowledge].

Experience keeps a dear school.

Experience teaches fools.

Experience without learning is better than learning without experience.

The expert at anything was once a beginner.  --Hayes

Extremes meet.

[y]▲

An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.

Eyes are as eloquent as the tongue.

The eyes are the window [mirror] of the heart [mind/soul].