Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources. Rev. James Wood
drop of good fortune rather than a cask of wisdom. Pr.
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Ha! lass dich den Teufel bei einem Haar fassen, und du bist sein auf ewig—Ha! let the devil seize thee by a hair, and thou art his for ever. Lessing.
Ha! welche Lust, Soldat zu sein—Ah! what a pleasure it is to be a soldier. Boieldieu.
Hab' mich nie mit Kleinigkeiten abgegeben—I 45 have never occupied myself with trifles. Schiller.
"Habe gehabt," ist ein armer Mann—"I have had," is a poor man. Ger. Pr.
Habeas corpus—A writ to deliver one from prison, and show reason for his detention, with a view to judge of its justice, lit. you may have the body. L.
Habeas corpus ad prosequendum—You may bring up the body for the purpose of prosecution. L. Writ.
Habeas corpus ad respondendum—You may bring up the body to make answer. L. Writ.
Habeas corpus ad satisfaciendum—You may 50 bring up the body to satisfy. L. Writ.
Habemus confitentem reum—We have the confession of the accused. L.
Habemus luxuriam atque avaritiam, publice egestatem, privatim opulentiam—We have luxury and avarice, but as a people poverty, and in private opulence. Cato in Sall.
Habent insidias hominis blanditiæ mali—Under the fair words of a bad man there lurks some treachery. Phaedr.
Habent sua fata libelli—Books have their destinies. Hor.
Habeo senectuti magnam gratiam, quæ mihi sermonis aviditatem auxit—I owe it to old age, that my relish for conversation is so increased. Cic.
Habere derelictui rem suam—To neglect one's affairs. Aul. Gell.
Habere et dispertire—To have and to distribute.
Habere facias possessionem—You shall cause to take possession. L. Writ.
Habere, non haberi—To hold, not to be held. 5
Habet aliquid ex iniquo omne magnum exemplum, quod contra singulos, utilitate publica rependitur—Every great example of punishment has in it some tincture of injustice, but the wrong to individuals is compensated by the promotion of the public good. Tac.
Habet iracundia hoc mali, non vult regi—There is in anger this evil, that it will not be controlled. Sen.
Habet salem—He has wit; he is a wag.
Habit and imitation are the source of all working and all apprenticeship, of all practice and all learning, in this world. Carlyle.
Habit gives endurance, and fatigue is the best 10 nightcap. Kincaid.
Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity. St. Augustine.
Habit is a cable. We weave a thread of it every day, and at last we cannot break it. Horace Mann.
Habit is a second nature, which destroys the first. Pascal.
Habit is necessary to give power. Hazlitt.
Habit is ten times nature. Wellington. 15
Habit is the deepest law of human nature. Carlyle.
Habit is the purgatory in which we suffer for our past sins. George Eliot.
Habit is too arbitrary a master for my liking. Lavater.
Habit, with its iron sinews, clasps and leads us day by day. Lamartine.
Habits are at first cobwebs, at last cables. 20 Pr.
Habits (of virtue) are formed by acts of reason in a persevering struggle through temptation. Bernard Gilpin.
Habits leave their impress upon the mind, even after they are given up. Spurgeon.
Habitual intoxication is the epitome of every crime. Douglas Jerrold.
Hablar sin pensar es tirar sin encarar—Speaking without thinking is shooting without taking aim. Sp. Pr.
Hac mercede placet—I accept the terms. 25
Hac sunt in fossa Bedæ venerabilis ossa—In this grave lie the bones of the Venerable Bede. Inscription on Bede's tomb.
Hac urget lupus, hac canis—On one side a wolf besets you, on the other a dog. Hor.
Hactenus—Thus far.
Had Cæsar or Cromwell changed countries, the one might have been a sergeant and the other an exciseman. Goldsmith.
Had God meant me to be different, He would 30 have created me different. Goethe.
Had I but serv'd my God with half the zeal / I serv'd my king, He would not in mine age / Have left me naked to mine enemies. Hen. VIII., iii. 2.
Had I succeeded well, I had been reckoned amongst the wise; so ready are we to judge from the event. Euripides.
Had not God made this world, and death too, it were an insupportable place. Carlyle.
Had religion been a mere chimæra, it would long ago have been extinct; were it susceptible of a definite formula, that formula would long ago have been discovered. Renan.
Had sigh'd to many, though he loved but one. 35 Byron.
Had we never loved sae kindly, / Had we never loved sae blindly, / Never met or never parted, / We had ne'er been broken-hearted! Burns.
Hæ nugæ seria ducent / In mala—These trifles will lead to serious mischief. Hor.
Hæ tibi erant artes, pacisque imponere morem, / Parcere subjectis et debellare superbos—These shall be thy arts, to lay down the law of peace, to spare the conquered, and to subdue the proud. Virg.
Hae you gear (goods), or hae you nane, / Tine (lose) heart, and a's gane. Sc. Pr.
Hæc a te non multum abludit imago—This 40 picture bears no small resemblance to yourself. Hor.
Hæc amat obscurum; volet hæc sub luce videri, / Judicis argutum quæ non formidat acumen; / Hæc placuit semel; hæc decies repetita placebit—One (poem) courts the shade; another, not afraid of the critic's keen eye, chooses to be seen in a strong light; the one pleases but once, the other will still please if ten times repeated. Hor.
Hæc brevis est nostrorum summa malorum—Such is the short sum of our evils. Ovid.
Hæc ego mecum / Compressis agito labris; ubi quid datur oti, / Illudo chartis—These things I revolve by myself with compressed lips, When I have any leisure, I amuse myself with my writings. Hor.