Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources. Rev. James Wood
est condicio vivendi, aiebat, eoque / Responsura tuo nunquam est par fama labori—"Such is the lot of life," he said, "and so your merits will never receive their due meed of praise." Hor.
Hæc generi incrementa fides—This fidelity will 45 bring new glory to our race. M.
Hæc olim meminisse juvabit—It will be a joy to us to recall this, some day. Virg.
Hæc omnia transeunt—All these things pass away. M.
Hæc perinde sunt, ut illius animus, qui ea possidet. / Qui uti scit, ei bona, illi qui non utitur recte, mala—These things are exactly according to the disposition of him who possesses them. To him who knows how to use them, they are blessings; to him who does not use them aright, they are evils. Ter.
Hæc prima lex in amicitia sanciatur, ut neque rogemus res turpes, nec faciamus rogati—Be this the first law established in friendship, that we neither ask of others what is dishonourable, nor ourselves do it when asked. Cic.
Hæc scripsi non otii abundantia, sed amoris 50 erga te—I have written this, not as having abundance of leisure, but out of love for you. Cic.
Hæc studia adolescentiam alunt, senectutem oblectant, secundas res ornant, adversis solatium ac perfugium præbent, delectant domi, non impediunt foris, pernoctant nobiscum, peregrinantur, rusticantur—These studies are the food of youth and the consolation of old age; they adorn prosperity and are the comfort and refuge of adversity; they are pleasant at home and are no encumbrance abroad; they accompany us at night, in our travels, and in our rural retreats. Cic.
Hæc studia oblectant—These studies are our delight. M.
Hæc sunt jucundi causa cibusque mali—These things are at once the cause and food of this delicious malady. Ovid.
Hæc vivendi ratio mihi non convenit—This mode of living does not suit me. Cic.
Hæredis fletus sub persona risus est—The 5 weeping of an heir is laughter under a mask. Pr.
Hæreditas nunquam ascendit—The right of inheritance never lineally ascends. L.
Hæres jure repræsentationis—An heir by right of representation. L.
Hæres legitimus est quem nuptiæ demonstrant—He is the lawful heir whom marriage points out as such. L.
Hæret lateri lethalis arundo—The fatal shaft sticks deep in her side. Virg.
Halb sind sie kalt, Halb sind sie roh—Half of 10 them are without heart, half without culture. Goethe.
Half a house is half a hell. Ger. Pr.
Half a loaf is better than no bread. Pr.
Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage. Emerson.
Half a word fixed upon, or near, the spot is worth a cartload of recollection. Gray to Palgrave.
Half the ease of life oozes away through the 15 leaks of unpunctuality. Anon.
Half the gossip of society would perish if the books that are truly worth reading were but read. George Dawson.
Half the ills we hoard within our hearts are ills because we hoard them. Barry Cornwall.
Half the logic of misgovernment lies in this one sophistical dilemma: if the people are turbulent, they are unfit for liberty; if they are quiet, they do not want liberty. Macaulay.
Half-wits greet each other. Gael. Pr.
Hältst du Natur getreu im Augenmerk, / 20 Frommt jeder tüchtige Meister dir: / Doch klammerst du dich blos an Menschenwerk, / Wird alles, was du schaffst, Manier—If you keep Nature faithfully in view, the example of every thorough master will be of service to you; but if you merely cling to human work, all that you do will be but mannerism. Geibel.
Hanc personam induisti, agenda est—You have assumed this part, and you must act it out. Sen.
Hanc veniam petimusque damusque vicissim—We both expect this privilege, and give it in return. Hor.
Hands that the rod of empire might have sway'd. / Or waked to ecstacy the living lyre. Gray.
Handsome is that handsome does. Pr.
Handsomeness is the more animal excellence, 25 beauty the more imaginative. Hare.
Häng' an die grosse Glocke nicht / Was jemand im Vertrauen spricht—Blaze not abroad to others what any one confides to you in secret. Claudius.
Hang a thief when he's young, and he'll no steal when he's auld. Sc. Pr.
Hang constancy! you know too much of the world to be constant, sure. Fielding.
Hang sorrow! care will kill a cat, / And therefore let's be merry. G. Wither.
Hänge nicht alles auf einen Nagel—Hang not 30 all on one nail. Ger. Pr.
Hanging and wiving goes by destiny. Mer. of Ven., ii. 9.
Hannibal ad portas—Hannibal is at the gates. Cic.
Hap and mishap govern the world. Pr.
Happiest they of human race, / To whom God has granted grace / To read, to fear, to hope, to pray, / To lift the latch and force the way; / And better had they ne'er been born, / Who read to doubt, or read to scorn. Scott.
Happily to steer / From grave to gay, from 35 lively to severe. Pope.
Happiness consists in activity; it is a running stream, and not a stagnant pool. J. M. Good.
Happiness depends not on the things, but on the taste. La Roche.
Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked up in strangers' galleries. Douglas Jerrold.
Happiness is a ball after which we run wherever it rolls, and we push it with our feet when it stops. Goethe.
Happiness is a chimæra and suffering a reality. 40 Schopenhauer.
Happiness is "a tranquil acquiescence under an agreeable delusion." Quoted by Sterne.
Happiness is but a dream, and sorrow a reality. Voltaire.
Happiness is deceitful as the calm that precedes the hurricane, smooth as the water on the verge of the cataract, and beautiful as the rainbow, that smiling daughter of the storm. Arliss' Lit. Col.
Happiness is like the mirage in the desert; she tantalises us with a delusion that distance creates and that contiguity destroys. Arliss' Lit. Col.
Happiness is like the statue of Isis, whose 45 veil no mortal ever raised. Landor.
Happiness is matter of opinion, of fancy, in fact, but it must amount to conviction, else it is nothing. Chamfort.
Happiness is neither within us nor without us; it is the union of ourselves with God.