H Quotes
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“He who lives to see two or three generations is like a man who sits some time in the conjurer's booth at a fair, and witnesses the performance twice or thrice in succession. The tricks were meant to be seen only once; and when they are no longer a novelty and cease to deceive, their effect is gone.”
Source: Studies in Pessimism
“He who lives up to a little light shall have more light; he who lives up to a little knowledge shall have more knowledge; he who lives up to a little faith shall have more faith, and he who lives up to a little love shall have more love. Verily the main reason why men are such babes and shrubs in grace is because they do not live up their attainments.”
“He who lives upon the fruit of his own labor, escapes the contempt of haughty benefactors.”
“He who lives wisely to himself and his own heart looks at the busy world through the loopholes of retreat, and does not want to mingle in the fray.”
Source: Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)
“He who lives with his senses well controlled, moderate in his food and drink, he will not be overthrown, any more than the wind throws down a rocky mountain.”
“He who lives without committing any folly is not so wise as he thinks.
[Fr., Qui vit sans folie n'est pas si sage qu'il croit.]”
“He who lives without folly is not as wise as he may think.”
“He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks.”
“He who loathes war, and will do everything in his power to avert it, but who will, in the last extremity, encounter its perils, from love of country and of home--who is willing to sacrifice himself and all that is dear to him in life, to promote the well-being of his fellow-man, will ever receive a worthy homage.”
“He who look at a woman who is not his wife as a mother; wealth that is not his as dust and all the men as himself... is a happy man. He, who sees all these things under a different light, is a blind.”
“He who looks around to find who's in need has made the best investment as a human being. You know that he who looks around to find who's in need has made the best investment in his legacy.”
“He who looks for advantage out of friendship strips it all of its nobility.”
“He who looks in the crystal ball ends up eating glass... They're way, way close.”
“He who looks sinward has his back to God-he who looks Godward has his back to sin.”
Source: Revival Sermons
“He who looks through an open window sees fewer things than he who looks through a closed window.”
“He who looks without, dreams; he who looks within, awakes.”
“He who loses an opportunity is like the man who lets a bird fly from his hand, for he will never recover it.”
Source: The Collected Works
“He who loses his money is forsaken by his friends, his wife, his servants and his relations; yet when he regains his riches those who have forsaken him come back to him. Hence wealth is certainly the best of relations.”
“He who loses his mother loses a pure soul who blesses and guards him constantly.”
“He who loses sight of the word of God, falls into despair; the voice of heaven no longer sustains him; he follows only the disorderly tendency of his heart.”
Source: The table talk or familiar discourse of Martin Luther, tr. by W. Hazlitt
“He who loses the arts loses the culture.”
“He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.”
“He who love touches walks not in darkness.”
“He who loves 50 people has 50 woes; he who loves no one has no woes.”
“He who loves a dictator is much more dangerous than the dictator himself.”
“He who loves best his fellow-man, is loving God the holiest way he can.”
Source: Ballads, Lyrics, and Hymns
“He who loves brings God and the World together.”
Source: On Judaism
“He who loves community destroys community; he who loves the brethren builds community.”
“He who loves does not dispute: He who disputes does not love.”
“He who loves God cannot endeavor that God should love him in return.”
Source: The Essential Spinoza: Ethics and Related Writings
“He who loves God has no need of tears, needs no admiration, and forgets his suffering in love, indeed forgets so completely that afterwards not the least hint of his pain would remain were God himself not to remember it; for God sees in secret and knows the distress and counts the tears and forgets nothing.”
“He who loves has conquered the world and has no fear of losing anything. True love is an act of total surrender.”
“He who loves his enemies betrays his friends; this surely is not what Jesus meant.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of William Blake (Illustrated)
“He who loves his neighbor burns his heart, and the heart, like green wood, groans when it burns, and distills itself in tears. There is no point in taking opium; it is better to put salt and vinegar in the soul's wound, for if you fall asleep and no longer feel the pain, then you no longer exist. And the point is to exist.”
Source: The Tragic Sense of Life in Men and Nations
“He who loves his work never labors.”
Source: Today's the Day!
“He who loves is not ashamed before men of what he does for God, neither does he hide it through shame though the whole world should condemn it.”
Source: The Collected Works of St. John of the Cross, Volume II: The Dark Night of the Soul, Spiritual Canticle of the Soul and the Bridegroom Christ, the LIV
“He who loves lives, he who lives works, and he who works has bread.”
“He who loves nature loves peace.”
Source: Song of a Nature Lover
“He who loves not flowers, has lost all love and fear of God.”
“He who loves not lives not.”
“He who loves not women, wine, and song Remains a fool his whole life long.”
“He who loves others is always loved by them, and he who respects others is always respected by them.”
“He who loves others is constantly loved by them. He who respects others is constantly respected by them.”
Source: The Chinese Classics
“He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder and compass and never knows where he may cast.”
“He who loves the coming of the Lord is not he who affirms that it is far off, nor is it he who says it is near, but rather he who, whether it be far off or near, awaits it with sincere faith, steadfast hope, and fervent love.”
“He who loves the more is the inferior and must suffer.”
Source: Death in Venice: And Seven Other Stories
“He who loves truly will impose conditions: those necessary to allow love to expand and hate to fade.”
“He who loves with purity considers not the gift of the lover, but the love of the giver.”
“He who loves, never grows old. God it a shining example.”
Source: The Oneness of the Eastern Heart and the Western Mind: An Introduction to Eastern Philosophy and Yoga
“He who loveth a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome counsellor, a cheerful companion, or an effectual comforter.”
Source: The Theological Works