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

Hunt half a day for a forgotten dream. Wordsworth.

Hunters generally know the most vulnerable 20 part of the beast they pursue by the care which every animal takes to defend the side which is weakest. Goldsmith.

Hunting was the labour of savages in North America, but the amusement of the gentlemen of England. Johnson.

Hurtar el puerco, y dar los pies por Dios—To steal the pig, and give away the feet for God's sake. Sp. Pr.

Husbands can earn money, but only wives can save it. Pr.

Hyperion to a satyr; so loving to my mother, / That he might not beteem the winds of heaven / Visit her face too roughly. Ham., i. 2.

Hypotheses non fingo—I frame no hypotheses. 25 Sir Isaac Newton.

[Greek: Haploun to dikaion, rhadion to alêthes]—Justice is simple, truth easy. Lycurgus.

Hypothesen sind Wiegenlieder, womit der Lehrer seine Schüler einlullt—Hypotheses are the lullabies with which the teacher lulls his scholars to sleep. Goethe.

Hysteron proteron—The last first, or the cart before the horse. Gr.