Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources / Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them

by Rev. James Wood

Hae you gear (goods), or hae you nane, / Tine (lose) heart, and a's gane. Sc. Pr.

Hæc a te non multum abludit imago—This 40 picture bears no small resemblance to yourself. Hor.

Hæc amat obscurum; volet hæc sub luce videri, / Judicis argutum quæ non formidat acumen; / Hæc placuit semel; hæc decies repetita placebit—One (poem) courts the shade; another, not afraid of the critic's keen eye, chooses to be seen in a strong light; the one pleases but once, the other will still please if ten times repeated. Hor.

Hæc brevis est nostrorum summa malorum—Such is the short sum of our evils. Ovid.

Hæc ego mecum / Compressis agito labris; ubi quid datur oti, / Illudo chartis—These things I revolve by myself with compressed lips, When I have any leisure, I amuse myself with my writings. Hor.

Hæc est condicio vivendi, aiebat, eoque / Responsura tuo nunquam est par fama labori—"Such is the lot of life," he said, "and so your merits will never receive their due meed of praise." Hor.

Hæc generi incrementa fides—This fidelity will 45 bring new glory to our race. M.

Hæc olim meminisse juvabit—It will be a joy to us to recall this, some day. Virg.

Hæc omnia transeunt—All these things pass away. M.

Hæc perinde sunt, ut illius animus, qui ea possidet. / Qui uti scit, ei bona, illi qui non utitur recte, mala—These things are exactly according to the disposition of him who possesses them. To him who knows how to use them, they are blessings; to him who does not use them aright, they are evils. Ter.