H Quotes
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“He that's secure is not safe.”
Source: Poor Richard's Almanack
“He that's ungrateful has no guilt but one; All other crimes may pass for virtues in him.”
Source: The Works of the Author of The Night-thoughts
“He that, when he should not, spends too much, shall, when he would not, have too little to spend.”
Source: Resolves: divine, moral and political
“He [the Doctor] groaned. 'Why does it always have to be me?'
'Mr Rory is ill. You're the next best thing,' I [Maria] said simply.
'Thank you,' he muttered. He didn't sound very pleased at all at that.”
Source: Doctor Who: Dead of Winter
“He [the Lord] squinted against the sun.
'Worry is something you create.'
'Why would we create worry?' [Nina]
'To fill a void.'
'A void of what?'
'Faith.”
Source: The Stranger in the Lifeboat
“He [The Northman] has but one view of man; man asserting himself, maintaining his honour, as he calls it. All that moves within a man must be twisted round until it becomes
associated with honour, before he can grasp it; and all his passion is thrust back
and held, until it finds its way out in that one direction. His friendship of man and
love of woman never find expression for the sake of the feeling itself; they are
only felt consciously as a heightening of the lover's self-esteem and consequently as an increase of responsibility. This simplicity of character shows in his poetry, which is at heart nothing but lays and tales of great avengers, because revenge is the supreme act that concentrates his inner life and forces it
out in the light. His poems of vengeance are always intensely human, because
revenge to him is not an empty repetition of a wrong done, but a spiritual self-assertion, a manifestation of strength and value; and thus the anguish of an affront or the triumph of victory is able to open up the sealed depths of his mind and suffuse his words with passion and tenderness. But the limitation which creates the beauty and strength of Teuton poetry is revealed in the fact that only
those feelings and thoughts which make man an avenger and furthers the
attainment of revenge, are expressed; all else is overshadowed. Woman finds a
place in poetry only as a valkyrie or as inciting to strife; for the rest, she is
included among the ordinary inventory of life. Friendship, the highest thing on
earth among the Teutons, is only mentioned when friend joins hands with friend
in the strife for honour and restitution.”
Source: The Culture of the Teutons: Volumes 1 and 2
“He, the stranger, was speaking to her brother Jesse. The sun was at his back and it shone around him like a golden halo. Even from the distance she could see that he was handsome in a curious way. He was finely dressed and worthily shod. Real pince-nez spectacles of circular glass were perched upon his nose. And his trim form and deignful expression gave him a princely air.
Meggie's eyes widened. Her heart beat faster and the blood sped through her veins.
A prince. Her prince.”
Source: Marrying Stone
“He then alone will strictly be called brave who is fearless of a noble death, and of all such chances as come upon us with sudden death in their train.”
Source: The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle
“He then became a PE teacher and simmered with quiet resentment at the universe. He forever dreamed of travel, but never did much of it beyond a subscription to National Geographic and the occasional holiday to somewhere in the Cyclades — Nora remembered him in Naxos, snapping a picture of the Temple of Apollo at sunset.”
Source: The Midnight Library
“He then bespattered the youth with abundance of that language which passes between country gentleman who embrace opposite sides of the question; with frequent applications to him to salute that part which is generally introduced into all controversies that arise among the lower orders of the English gentry at horse-races, cock-matches, and other public places. Allusions to this part are likewise often made for the sake of jest. And here, I believe, the wit is generally misunderstood. In reality, it lies in desiring another to kiss you a-- for having just before threatened ti kick his; for I have observed very accurately, that no one ever desires you to kick that which belongs to himself, nor offers to kiss this part in another.
It may likewise seem surprizing that in the many thousand kind invitations of this sort, which every one who hath conversed with country gentlemen must have heard, no one, I believe, hath ever seen a single instance where the desire hath been complied with; - a great instance of their want of politeness; for in town nothing can be more common than for the finest gentlemen to perform this ceremony every day to their superiors, without having that favour once requested of them.”
Source: The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
“He then departed, to make himself still more interesting, in the midst of a heavy rain.”
Source: Jane Austen Collection: illustrated - 6 eBooks and 140+ illustrations
“He then introduced a second, more delicate subject. Not only in villages, but also in towns, he had seen women cover their faces and their eyes as his party passed by. This habit, which caused particular discomfort in the heat of the summer, was, at least to some extent, the result of male selfishness, of scruples for purity. ‘But, friends, our women have minds too.’ So teach them morals and then stop being selfish. ‘Let them show their faces to the world, and see it with their eyes … Don’t be afraid. Change is essential, so much so that, if need be, we are prepared to sacrifice lives for its sake.”
Source: Atatürk: The Biography of the Founder of Modern Turkey
“He then learns that in going down into the secrets of his own mind, he has descended into the secrets of all minds.”
Source: Emerson's Essays: Top Essays
“He then proceeded to shout at Alpha and Beta, a sign that he was in a genuine good mood. They took it as calmly as ever, in spite of the fact that he accused them of things I'm sure no donkey has ever willingly done, especially not Beta, who possessed impeccable moral character.”
Source: The Name of the Wind: The Kingkiller Chonicle:
“He then put both hands on the door on either side of my head and leaned in close, pinning me against it. I trembled like a downy rabbit caught in the clutches of a wolf. The wolf came closer. He bent his head and began nuzzling my cheek. The problem was…I wanted the wolf to devour me.”
Source: Tiger's Curse
“He then stood there as the guards picked up the body of his enemy and carried it away. He stood there for a while, staring at the ground, oblivious of his soldiers cheering at a distance. Suddenly, he felt very tired. Still in a haze, he drifted back to his tent.
Alone in his tent, he lied down and thought of his wife. He thought of the face of the dying old man. He realized that the pursuit of revenge against his enemy had been more satisfying than the actual act of killing him. Nothing had changed. He was still unhappy, and still yearned for his wife.”
Source: The Timingila
“He then thanked everyone genuinely for the party &, the bottle emptied, nodded off.
"oh,christ, look! Leon soon cried "Look at Jim!" Leon leaped from his seat. Slumped unconscious in his chair, Jim had managed to extract his penis from his pants & was pissing on the rug.
"jesus!" Bill rushed across the room, grabbed a large crystal goblet & held it under the stream.
To his surprise Jim filled it.
Bill took another goblet from the table & Jim filled that, too, then a third one.
Leon, Frank, Kathy, & Cheri were falling down with laughter.
Afterward, Frank & Kathy took Jim to the Doors' office & dropped him, still asleep on the office couch.”
“He then, with great presence of mind, put a stop to any further recriminations by kissing her; and his indignant betrothed, apparently feeling that he was too deeply sunk in depravity to be reclaimable, abandoned (for the time being, at all events) any further attempt to bring him to a sense of his iniquity.”
Source: Sylvester or The Wicked Uncle
“He therefore is the truest friend to the liberty of his country who tries most to promote its virtue, and who, so far as his power and influence extend, will not suffer a man to be chosen into any office of power and trust who is not a wise and virtuous man.”
“he things that they’re rejecting are things that I can’t change. I can’t change my bra size. They’re natural! I can work out and I can stay healthy and motivated, but I can’t change some things. I really just live my life. I love my body. It’s what God gave me! I feel confident with myself, and if that inspires other women to feel confident with their bodies, great.”
“He thinkes not well, that thinkes not againe.”
Source: The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose
“He thinks about her, at this moment, in her house, a few thin walls away, packing her life into boxes and bags and he wonders what memories she is rediscovering, what thoughts are catching in her mouth like the dust blown from unused textbooks. He wonders if she has buried any traces of herself under her floorboards. He wonders what those traces would be if she had. And he wonders again why he thinks about her so much when he knows so little to think about.”
Source: If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things
“He thinks about his teacher in his literary class, he's staring at her legs.”
“He thinks as long as he can get up and go to work, no one should complain. He doesn't realise what he's like.”
Source: The Watch Tower
“He thinks by infection, catching an opinion like a cold.”
“He thinks giving your kids everything is what makes you a good parent. Like, 'Here's an Xbox, and by the way, I won't be able to make it to your birthday again.' You can't buy your kid's love. He shakes his head, a sad, hollow laugh escaping him. But you wanna know the craziest part? I still want his approval.”
Source: Dead Girls Society
“He thinks Goliath can end the war," Alek managed at last. "The man wants peace!" "As do we all," Count Volger said. "But there are many ways to end a war. Some are more peaceful than others.”
Source: Goliath
“He thinks great folly, child,' said Aslan. "This world is bursting with life for these few days because the song with which I called it into life still hangs in the air and rumbles in the ground. It will not be so for long. But I cannot tell that to this old sinner, and I cannot comfort him either; he has made himself unable to hear my voice. If I spoke to him, he would hear only growlings and roarings. Oh, Adam's son, how cleverly you defend yourself against all that might do you good!”
“He thinks he believes only what he sees, but he is much better at believing than at seeing.”
Source: Scepticism and Animal Faith
“He thinks he is a flower to be looked at And when he pulls his frilly nylon pants right up tight He feels a dedicated follower of fashion. When a waiter at Buckingham Palace spilled soup on her dress: Never darken my Dior again!”
“He thinks he's comforting a friend after a bad breakup. Little does he know-he's the one who's breaking my heart.”
Source: Come What May
“He thinks he's God's gift to all mankind,' said Sir Owen, shortly. 'He's American,'....”
Source: Birnam Wood
“He thinks he's happy but it's just a nerve cell in his brain that's getting too much stimulation or too little stimulation.”
Source: White Noise
“He thinks himself rather an exceptional young man, thoroughly sophisticated, well adjusted to his environment, and somewhat more significant than any one else he knows.”
Source: The Beautiful and Damned
“He thinks I look alike!”
Source: The Essential Groucho: Writings By, For, and about Groucho Marx
“He thinks I’m a snob? He’s not the first. Just because I’m quiet doesn’t mean I’m aloof. Maybe I just want to be alone. Maybe I’m not good at conversation.”
Source: Alex, Approximately
“He thinks I’m his.
I think he’s right.”
Source: Bare for the Alpha
“He thinks in secret, and it comes to pass: environment is but a looking glass.”
“He thinks in secret, and it comes to pass: environment is but his looking glass.”
Source: The Secrets of as a Man Thinketh
“He thinks it's his day, and when you think it's your day, it usually is.”
“He thinks like a philosopher, but governs like a king.”
Source: The Confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau
“He thinks like a Tory, and talks like a Radical, and that's so important nowadays.”
Source: The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays: Lady Windermere's Fan; Salome; A Woman of No Importance; An Ideal Husband; The Importance of Being Earnest
“He thinks like a victor, walks like a victor, and prays like a victor. He sings songs of victory because he is a man of victory, and victory is his legacy.”
Source: A Man of Valour: Idioms and Epigrams
“He thinks money spent on a home is money wasted. He's lived too much in hotels. Never the best hotels, of course. Second-rate hotels. He doesn't understand a home. He doesn't feel at home in it. And yet, he wants a home. He's even proud of having this shabby place. He loves it here.”
Source: Long Day’s Journey into Night
“He thinks my hair smells like spring rain. I'm really trying to remain stoic and unaffected. I remind myself that I don't like poetic language. I don't like poetry. I don't even like people who like poetry.
But I'm not dead inside either.”
Source: The Sun Is Also a Star
“He thinks of making his fortune. We all know that money sticks to yours hands.
No, It passes through them, alas.”
Source: Wolf Hall
“He thinks of subtle, vast
unbroken things
I can only read about in books
or see on screen.”
Source: People Are Strange
“He thinks of that ocean house and wishes he were back in his former life or that one could take one moment and remain inside it like an egg inside its shell, instead of constantly being hurried into the future by good luck or bad.”
Source: Black dog, red dog: poems
“He thinks often of the letter Charlotte left for him. "The story that starts a marriage," she wrote, "is very often the same story that ends it." Or rather, the seed of the end is planted in the beginning. It is the sadness of marriage that one can only learn where the end begins when it is too late; by then love is over and one is left bearing the various carapaces of wedlock - the little roof over our little house, the hate you wore on our honeymoon, the umbrellas we each carried of an English summer to keep us safe from unwanted rain. We err, she wrote, because we think happiness is a state in itself, when really it is only a symptom of love.”
Source: The Other Side of the World
“He thinks posterity is a pack-horse, always ready to be loaded.”