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

Hic gelidi fontes, hic mollia prata, Lycori, / Hic nemus, hic toto tecum consumerer ævo—Here are cool springs, Lycoris, here velvet meads, here a grove; here with thee could I pass my whole life. Virg.

Hic hæret aqua!—This is the difficulty (lit. here 5 the water (in the water-clock) stops).

Hic jacet—Here lies.

Hic locus est partes ubi se via findit in ambas—This is the spot where the way divides in two branches. Virg.

Hic murus aheneus esto, / Nil conscire sibi, nulla pallescere culpa—Be this our wall of brass, to be conscious of no guilt, to turn pale at no charge brought against us. Hor.

Hic niger est; hunc tu, Romane, caveto—This fellow is black; have a care of him, Roman. Hor.

Hic nigræ succus loliginis, hæc est / Ærugo 10 mera—This is the very venom of dark detraction; this is pure malignity. Hor.

Hic patet ingeniis campus, certusque merenti / Stat favor: ornatur propriis industria donis—Here is a field open for talent, and here merit will have certain favour, and industry be graced with its due reward. Claud.

Hic Rhodos, hic salta—Here is Rhodes; here leap.

Hic rogo, non furor est ne moriare mori?—I ask, is it not madness to die that you may not die? Mart.