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

Hei mihi! difficile est imitari gaudia falsa! / Difficile est tristi fingere mente jocum—Ah me! it is hard to feign the joys one does not feel, hard to feign mirth when one's heart is sad. Tib.

Hei mihi! qualis erat! quantum mutatus ab illo / Hectore, qui redit, exuvias indutus Achilli—Ah me, how sad he looked! how changed from that Hector who returned in triumph arrayed in the spoils of Achilles. Virg.

Heitern Sinn und reine Zwecke / Nun, man kommt wohl eine Strecke—Serene sense and pure aims, that means a long stride, I should say. Goethe.

"Hélas! que j'en ai vu mourir de jeunes filles"—"Alas, 35 how many young girls have I seen die of that!" Victor Hugo.

Hell and destruction are never full, so the eyes of men are never satisfied. Bible.

Hell is on both sides of the tomb, and a devil may be respectable and wear good clothes. C. H. Parkhurst.

Hell is paved with good intentions. Johnson.

Hell is paved with the skulls of priests. Modified from St. Chrysostom.

Hell lies near, / Around us, as does heaven, 40 and in the world, / Which is our Hades, still the chequered souls, / Compact of good and ill—not all accurst, / Nor altogether blest—a few brief years / Travel the little journey of their lives, / They know not to what end. Lewis Morris.

Helluo librorum—A devourer of books.