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

Heu pietas! Heu prisca fides—Alas! for piety! Alas! for ancient faith! Virg.

Heu! quam difficile est crimen non prodere 35 vultu!—Alas! how difficult it is not to betray guilt by our looks! Ovid.

Heu! quam difficilis gloriæ custodia est!—Alas! how difficult is the custody of glory. Pub. Syr.

Heu! quam miserum est ab eo lædi, de quo non ausis queri—Alas! how galling is it to be injured by one against whom you dare make no complaint. Pub. Syr.

Heu quantum fati parva tabella vehit!—Ah! with what a weight of destiny is this one slight plank freighted! Ovid.

Heu! totum triduum!—What! three whole days of waiting! Ter.

Heureka—I have found it out. Gr. 40

Heureux commencement est la moitié de l'œuvre—A work well begun is half done. Fr. Pr.

Heute muss dem Morgen nichts borgen—To-day must borrow nothing of to-morrow. Ger. Pr.

Heute roth, Morgen todt—- To-day red, to-morrow dead. Ger. Pr.