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

Half-wits greet each other. Gael. Pr.

Hältst du Natur getreu im Augenmerk, / 20 Frommt jeder tüchtige Meister dir: / Doch klammerst du dich blos an Menschenwerk, / Wird alles, was du schaffst, Manier—If you keep Nature faithfully in view, the example of every thorough master will be of service to you; but if you merely cling to human work, all that you do will be but mannerism. Geibel.

Hanc personam induisti, agenda est—You have assumed this part, and you must act it out. Sen.

Hanc veniam petimusque damusque vicissim—We both expect this privilege, and give it in return. Hor.

Hands that the rod of empire might have sway'd. / Or waked to ecstacy the living lyre. Gray.

Handsome is that handsome does. Pr.

Handsomeness is the more animal excellence, 25 beauty the more imaginative. Hare.

Häng' an die grosse Glocke nicht / Was jemand im Vertrauen spricht—Blaze not abroad to others what any one confides to you in secret. Claudius.

Hang a thief when he's young, and he'll no steal when he's auld. Sc. Pr.

Hang constancy! you know too much of the world to be constant, sure. Fielding.