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Euripides says,-- Who knows but that this life is really death, And whether death is not what men call life?
-- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Pyrrho, viii...
Euripides was wont to say, "Silence is an answer to a wise man.
-- Plutarch (46-120 AD) -- Of Bashfulne...
European Space Operations Centre Where the real rocket scientists are !
Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy. -- Margaret Thatche
Eurybiades lifting up his staff as if he were going to strike, Themistocles said, "Strike, if you will
but hear." -- Plutarch (46-120 AD) -- Life of Themistocle...
Eva Goss was a woman given to uncanny intuitions. It was her contention, often expressed to Mr.
Goss, that the female of the species had an occult sixth sense which a mere male did not possess....
EVANGELIST, n. A bearer of good tidings, particularly (in a religious sense) such as assure us of our own salvation and the damnation of our neighbors.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
Evangelists do it with Him watching.
Evaporation Allowance: The volume of alcohol that the graduate students can drink in a year's time.
-- The Ultimate Scientific Dictionary...
Evaporation gets blamed for a lot of things people forget to put the top on.

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