H Quotes
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“He that makes a good war makes a good peace.”
“He that makes himself famous by his eloquence, justice or arms illustrates his extraction, let it be never so mean; and gives inestimable reputation to his parents. We should never have heard of Sophroniscus, but for his son, Socrates; nor of Ariosto and Gryllus, if it had not been for Xenophon and Plato.”
“He that makes his bed ill, lies there.”
Source: The Works of George Herbert: In Prose and Verse
“He that makes use of another's fancy or necessity to sell ribbons or cloth dearer to him than to another man at the same time, cheats him.”
Source: Locke: Political Writings
“He that makes war without many mistakes has not made war very long.”
“He that marries late, marries ill.”
Source: The poetical works of George Herbert
“He that measures not himselfe, is measured.”
Source: The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose
“He that mischief hatcheth, mischief catcheth.”
Source: Remaines of a greater worke, concerning Britaine [signed M.N.] 2 pt. [Another]
“He that mockes a cripple, ought to be whole.”
Source: The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose
“He that needs five thousand pound to live,
Is full as poor as he that needs but five.”
Source: Delphi Complete Poetical Works of George Herbert (Illustrated)
“He that negotiates between God and man, As God's ambassador, the grand concerns Of judgment and of mercy, should beware Of lightness in his speech.”
Source: The complete poetical works of William Cowper, with life and critical notice of his writings
“He that neither knows himself nor thinks he can learn of others is not fit for company.”
Source: Moral and religious aphorisms collected from the manuscript papers of the reverend and learned Doctor Whichcote; and published in 1703, by Dr. Jeffery. Now re-published, with very large additions, ... by Samuel Salter, ... To which are added, Eight letter
“He that never changes his opinions, never corrects his mistakes, will never be wiser on the morrow than he is today.”
Source: 名人語錄
“He that never labors may know the pains of idleness, but not the pleasures.”
“He that never thinks can never be wise.”
Source: The Beauties of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Consisting of Maxims and Observations, Moral, Critical, and Miscellaneous, to which are Now Added, Biographical Anecdotes of the Doctor, Selected from the Late Productions of Mrs. Piozzi, Mr. Boswell, ...
“He that obstinately denieth the truth before men upon earth, wilfully refuseth his soul's health in heaven.”
“He that once deceives is ever suspected.”
Source: The poetical works of George Herbert
“He that openly tells, his friends all that he thinks of them, must expect that they will secretly tell his enemies much that they do not think of him.”
Source: Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think
“He that opposes his own judgment against the consent of the times ought to be backed with unanswerable truths; and he that has truth on his side is a fool as well as a coward if he is afraid to own it because of other men's opinions.”
“He that Opposes his own Judgment against the Current of the Times, ought to be back'd with unanswerable Truths; and he that has that Truth on his Side, is a Fool, as well as a Coward, if he is afraid to own it, because of the Currency or Multitude of other Mens Opinions.”
“He that outlives a wife whom he has long loved, sees himself disjoined from the only mind that has the same hopes, and fears, and interest; from the only companion with whom he has shared much good and evil; and with whom he could set his mind at liberty, to retrace the past or anticipate the future. The continuity of being is lacerated; the settled course of sentiment and action is stopped; and life stands suspended and motionless.”
Source: A Johnson Sampler
“He that overcometh shall inherit all things. God has no poor children.”
“He that owes nothing, if he makes not mouthes at us, is courteous.”
Source: The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose
“He that passeth a winters day escapes an enemy.”
Source: The poetical works of George Herbert
“He that pays for work before it's done, has but a pennyworth for two pence.”
Source: The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac
“He that pines with hunger, is in little care how others shall be fed. The poor man is seldom studious to make his grandson rich.”
Source: The works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Together with his life, and notes on his Lives of the poets, by Sir John Hawkins, Knt. In eleven volumes ...
“He that pitties another, remembers himselfe.”
Source: The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose
“He that places himself neither higher nor lower than he ought to do exercises the truest humility.”
Source: Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think
“He that plaies his mony ought not to value it.”
Source: The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose
“He that plants trees loves others besides himself.”
“He that plays the king shall be welcome- his Majesty shall
have tribute of me; the adventurous knight shall use his foil and
target; the lover shall not sigh gratis; the humorous man shall
end his part in peace; the clown shall make those laugh whose
lungs are tickle o' th' sere; and the lady shall say her mind
freely, or the blank verse shall halt fort.”
Source: The Pictorial Edition of the Works of Shakspere: Comedies / ... Shakspere
“He that plots to be the only figure among ciphers [zeros], is the decay of the whole age.”
“He that praiseth himselfe spattereth himselfe.
[He that praiseth himself spatteteth himself.]”
“He that preaches war is the devil's chaplain.”
“He that preacheth giveth almes.”
Source: The English poems of George Herbert, together with his collection of proverbs entitled Jacula prudentum
“He that pursues fame with just claims, trusts his happiness to the winds; but he that endeavors after it by false merit, has to fear, not only the violence of the storm, but the leaks of his vessel.”
Source: The Works of Samuel Johnson, L. L. D.: In Twelve Volumes
“He that pursues two hares at once, does not catch one and lets the other go.”
Source: The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac
“He that puts on a religious habit abroad to gain himself a great name among men, and at the same time lives like an atheist at home, shall at the last be uncovered by God and presented before all the world for a most outrageous hypocrite.”
“He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand a broader mark for sorrow; but then he stands a broader mark for pleasure too.”
Source: Memoirs of the life and writings of Benjamin Franklin ...
“He that reads and grows no wiser seldom suspects his own deficiency, but complains of hard words and obscure sentences, and asks why books are written which cannot be understood.”
Source: Selected poetry and prose
“He that reads his Bible to find fault with it will soon discover that the Bible finds fault with him.”
Source: The Complete Works of C. H. Spurgeon, Volume 36: Sermons 2121-2181
“He that rebels against reason is a real rebel, but he that in defence of reason rebels against tyranny has a better title to Defender of the Faith, than George the Third.”
Source: THOMAS PAINE Ultimate Collection: Political Works, Philosophical Writings, Speeches, Letters & Biography (Including Common Sense, The Rights of Man & The Age of Reason): The American Crisis, The Constitution of 1795, Declaration of Rights, Agrarian Justice, The Republican Proclamation, Anti-Monarchal Essay, Letters to Thomas Jefferson and George Washington…
“He that rectifies a crooked stick bends it the contrary way, so must he that would reform a vice learn to affect its mere contrary, and in time he shall see the springing blossoms of a happy restoration.”
“He that refuses to dream big cos he detests being called crazy, foolishly refuses a chance to be a star. A star was once a crazy man who drew stars in his mind. Believe in the stars in your mind, and men would one day call you a star.”
“He that repents is angry with himself; I need not be angry with him.”
Source: Moral and religious aphorisms [collected by J. Jeffery from the papers of B. Whichcote]. Now re-publ., with additions, by S. Salter. To which are added, Eight letters: which passed between dr. Whichcote, and dr. Tuckney
“He that resigns his peace to little casualties, and suffers the course of his life to be interrupted for fortuitous inadvertencies or offences, delivers up himself to the direction of the wind, and loses all that constancy and equanimity which constitutes the chief praise of a wise man.”
Source: The Rambler
“He that resolves to mend hereafter, resolves not to mend now.”
Source: The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac
“He that resolves upon any great and good end, has, by that very resolution, scaled the chief barrier to it. He will find such resolution removing difficulties, searching out or making means, giving courage for despondency, and strength for weakness, and like the star to the wise men of old, ever guiding him nearer and nearer to perfection.”
Source: The World's Laconics: Or, The Best Thoughts of the Best Authors
“He that respects not is not respected.”
Source: The poetical works of George Herbert
“He that revels in a well-chosen library, has innumerable dishes, and all of admirable flavour.”