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

Hoc signo vinces—By this sign (the cross) you will conquer. M.

Hoc virtutis opus—This is virtue's work. M.

Hoc volo, hoc jubeo; sit pro ratione voluntas—This 15 I wish, this I require: be my will instead of reason. Juv.

Hodie mihi, cras tibi—My turn to-day, yours to-morrow.

Hodie nihil, cras credo—To-morrow I will trust, not to-day. Varro.

Hodie vivendum amissa præteritorum cura—Let us live to-day, forgetting the cares that are past. An Epicurean maxim.

Hoi polloi—The multitude. Gr.

Hoist up the sail while gale doth last—/ Tide 20 and wind wait no man's pleasure! / Seek not time when time is past—/ Sober speed is wisdom's leisure! Southwell.

Hold all the skirts of thy mantle extended when heaven is raining gold. Eastern Pr.

Hold the living dear and honour the dead. Goethe.