List of quotes by letter H page 10

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"He plants trees to benefit another generation."

By Caecilius Statius, Synephebi

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"History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illumines reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life and brings us tidings of antiquity."

By Cicero, Pro Publio Sestio

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"He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin!"

By Horace, Epistles

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"He wins every hand who mingles profit with pleasure."

By Horace, Epistles

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"He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly."

By Publilius Syrus

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"His only fault is that he has no fault."

By Pliny the Younger, Letters

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"How much time he gains who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks, but only at what he does himself, to make it just and holy."

By Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Meditations

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"He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare,
And he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere."

By Ali ibn-Abi-Talib, A Hundred Sayings

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"He who comes first, eats first. [Familiar as: First come first served.]"

By Eike von Repkow

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"He listens well who takes notes."

By Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy

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"Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake."

By Victor Hugo

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"He that climbs the tall tree has won right to the fruit."

By Sir Walter Scott

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"He was born an Englishman and remained one for years."

By Brendan Behan, Hostage (1958)

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"Here is the answer which I will give to President Roosevelt... We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire. Neither the sudden shock of battle nor the long-drawn trials of vigilance and exertion will wear us down. Give us the tools and we will finish the job."

By Sir Winston Churchill, Radio speech, 1941

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"How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?"

By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, (Sherlock Holmes) The Sign of Four, 1890

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"He that dies pays all debts."

By William Shakespeare, "The Tempest", Act 3 scene 2

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"Home-keeping youth have ever homely wits."

By William Shakespeare, "The Two Gentlemen of Verona", Act 1 scene 1

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"How use doth breed a habit in a man!"