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| He that ceases to be a friend never was a good one. Proverb. | 8006 |
| He that claims, either in himself or for another, the honours of perfection will surely injure the reputation which he designs to assist. Johnson. | 8007 |
| He that climbs the tall tree has won a right to the fruit: / He that leaps the wide gulf should prevail in his suit. Scott. | 8008 |
| He that comes unca’d (uninvited) sits unsair’d (unserved). Scotch Proverb. | 8009 |
| He that cometh to seek after knowledge with a mind to scorn and censure, shall be sure to find matter for his humour, but none for his instruction. Bacon. | 8010 |
| He that complies against his will, / Is of the same opinion still. Butler. | 8011 |
| He that conquers himself conquers an enemy. Gaelic Proverb. | 8012 |
| He that cuts himself wilfully deserves no salve. Proverb. | 8013 |
| He that defers his charity until he is dead is, if a man weighs it rightly, rather liberal of another man’s goods than his own. Bacon. | 8014 |
| He that descends not to word it with a shrew does worse than beat her. L’Estrange. | 8015 |
| He that deserves nothing should be content with anything. Proverb. | 8016 |
| He that dies, pays all debts. Tempest, iii. 2. | 8017 |
| He that does a base thing in zeal for his friend burns the golden thread that ties their hearts together. Jeremy Taylor. | 8018 |
| He that does not knot his thread will lose his first stitch. Gaelic. | 8019 |
| He that does not know those things which are of use and necessity for him to know, is but an ignorant man, whatever he may know besides. Tillotson. | 8020 |
| He that does what he can, does what he ought. Proverb. | 8021 |
| He that does you a very ill turn will never forgive you. Proverb. | 8022 |
| He that doeth evil hateth the light. Jesus. | 8023 |
| He that doeth truth cometh to the light. St. John. | 8024 |
| He that doth not plough at home won’t plough abroad. Gaelic Proverb. | 8025 |
| He that doth the ravens feed, / Yea, providently caters for the sparrow, / Be comfort to my age. As You Like It, ii. 3. | 8026 |
| He that eats longest lives longest. Proverb. | 8027 |
| He that endureth is not overcome. Proverb. | 8028 |
| He that, ever following her (Duty’s) commands, / On with toil of heart and knees and hands, / Thro’ the long gorge to the far light has won / His path upward, and prevail’d, / Shall find the toppling crags of Duty scaled, / Are close upon the shining tablelands / To which our God Himself is moon and sun. Tennyson. | 8029 |
| He that falls into sin, is a man; that grieves at it, is a saint; that boasteth of it, is a devil; yet some glory in that shame, counting the stains of sin the best complexion of their souls. Fuller. | 8030 |
| He that feareth is not made perfect in love. St. John. | 8031 |
| He that fights and runs away / May live to fight another day. Goldsmith. | 8032 |
| He that fliches from me my good name / Robs me of that which not enriches him, / And makes me poor indeed. Othello, iii. 3. | 8033 |
| He that finds something before it is lost will die before he falls ill. Dutch Proverb. | 8034 |
| He that flees not will be fled from. Gaelic Proverb. | 8035 |
| He that gallops his horse on Blackstone edge / May chance to catch a fall. Old song. | 8036 |
| He that gets gear (wealth) before he gets wit, is but a short time master o’ it. Scotch Proverb. | 8037 |
| He that gets patience, and the blessing which / Preachers conclude with, hath not lost his pains. George Herbert. | 8038 |
| He that gives to the poor lends to the Lord. Proverb. | 8039 |
| He that goes a-borrowing goes a-sorrowing. Proverb. | 8040 |
| He that goes softly goes safely. Proverb. | 8041 |
| He that grasps at too much holds nothing fast. Proverb. | 8042 |
| He that has a head of wax should not walk in the sun. Proverb. | 8043 |
| He that has a head will not want a hat. Italian Proverb. | 8044 |
| He that has a wife has a master. Scotch Proverb. | 8045 |
| He that has ae sheep in a flock will like a’ the lave (rest) better for ’t. Scotch Proverb. | 8046 |
| He that has an ill wife likes to eat butter (but her, i.e., without her). Scotch Proverb. | 8047 |
| He that has been taught only by himself has had a fool for a master. Ben Jonson. | 8048 |
| He that has just enough can soundly sleep; / The o’ercome only fashes fowk to keep. Allan Ramsay. | 8049 |
| He that has light within his own clear breast may sit in the centre and enjoy bright day. Milton. | 8050 |
| He that has lost his faith, what staff has he left? Bacon. | 8051 |
| He that has muckle would aye hae mair. Scotch Proverb. | 8052 |
| He that has no head needs no hat. Spanish Proverb. | 8053 |
| He that has no sense at thirty will never have any. Proverb. | 8054 |
| He that has no shame has no conscience. Proverb. | 8055 |
| He that has siller in his purse canna want (do without) a head on his shoulders. Scotch Proverb. | 8056 |
| He that has to choose has trouble. Dutch Proverb. | 8057 |
| He that hateth gifts shall live. Bible. | 8058 |
| He that hath a beard is more than a youth, and he that hath no beard is less than a man. Much Ado, ii. 1. | 8059 |
| He that hath a satirical vein, as he maketh others afraid of his wit, so he hath need to be afraid of others memory. Bacon. | 8060 |
| He that hath a trade hath an estate, and he that hath a calling hath an office of profit and honour. Ben. Franklin. | 8061 |
| He that hath a wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Bacon. | 8062 |
| He that hath but gained the title of a jester, let him assure himself the fool is not far off. Quarles. | 8063 |
| He that hath care of keeping days of payment is lord of another man’s purse. Lord Burleigh. | 8064 |
| He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. Jesus. | 8065 |
| He that hath gained an entire conquest over himself will find no mighty difficulties to subdue all other opposition. Thomas à Kempis. | 8066 |
| He that hath knowledge spareth his words. Bible. | 8067 |
| He that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he. Bible. | 8068 |
| He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down and without walls. Bible. | 8069 |
| He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth to the Lord. Bible. | 8070 |
| He that hath sense hath strength. Hitopadesa. | 8071 |
| He that hears much and speaks not at all, / Shall be welcome both in bower and hall. Proverb. | 8072 |
| He that high growth on cedars did bestow, / Gave also lowly mushrooms leave to grow. R. Southwell. | 8073 |
| He that hinders not a mischief is guilty of it. Proverb. | 8074 |
| He that humbles himself shall be exalted. Proverb. | 8075 |
| He that imposes an oath makes it, / Not he that for convenience takes it. Butler. | 8076 |
| He that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. Bible. | 8077 |
| He that invented the Maiden, first hanselled it, i.e., first put it to the proof. (The Maiden was a kind of guillotine). Scotch Proverb. | 8078 |
| He that is a friend to himself is a friend to all men. Seneca. | 8079 |
| He that is born of a hen must scrape for a living. Proverb. | 8080 |
| He that is courteous at all, will be courteous to all. Gaelic Proverb. | 8081 |
| He that is discontented and troubled is tossed with divers suspicions; he is neither quiet himself, nor suffereth others to be quiet. Thomas à Kempis. | 8082 |
| He that is doing nothing is seldom without helpers. Proverb. | 8083 |
| He that is down needs fear no fall; / He that is low no pride. Bunyan. | 8084 |
| He that is down, the world cries “Down with him!” Proverb. | 8085 |
| He that is embarked with the devil must sail with him. Dutch Proverb. | 8086 |
| He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much; and he that is unjust in the least, is unjust also in the much. Jesus. | 8087 |
| He that is full of himself is very empty. Proverb. | 8088 |
| He that is ill to himself will be good to nobody. Proverb. | 8089 |
| He that is not against us is on our part. Jesus. | 8090 |
| He that is not handsome at twenty, strong at thirty, rich at forty, nor wise at fifty, will never be handsome, strong, wise, or rich. Proverb. | 8091 |
| He that is not open to conviction is not qualified for discussion. Whately. | 8092 |
| He that is not with me is against me. Jesus. | 8093 |
| He that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast. Bible. | 8094 |
| He that is proud eats up himself; pride is his own glass, his own trumpet, his own chronicle; and whatever praises itself but in the deed devours the deed in the praise. Troil. and Cress., ii. 3. | 8095 |
| He that is robb’d, not wanting what is stolen, / Let him not know ’t, and he’s not robb’d at all. Othello, iii. 3. | 8096 |
| He that is ready to slip is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease. Bible. | 8097 |
| He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit, than he that taketh a city. Bible. | 8098 |
| He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding. Bible. | 8099 |
| He that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man. St. Paul. | 8100 |
| He that is surety for another, is never sure himself. Proverb. | 8101 |
| He that is the inferior of nothing can be the superior of nothing, the equal of nothing. Carlyle. | 8102 |
| He that is tied with one slender string, such as one resolute struggle would break, is prisoner only to his own sloth; and who would pity his thraldom? Decay of Piety. | 8103 |
| He that is to-day a king, to-morrow shall die. Ecclesiasticus. | 8104 |
| He that is violent in the pursuit of pleasure won’t mind to turn villain for the purchase. M. Aurelius. | 8105 |
| He that is well-ordered and disposed within himself careth not for the strange and perverse behaviour of men. Thomas à Kempis. | 8106 |
| He that keeks (pries) through a keyhole may see what will vex him. Scotch Proverb. | 8107 |
| He that keepeth his way preserveth his soul. Bible. | 8108 |
| He that kills a man when he is drunk must be hanged for it when he is sober. Proverb. | 8109 |
| He that knoweth not that which he ought to know, is a brute beast among men; he that knoweth no more than he hath need of, is a man among brute beasts; and he that knoweth all that may be known, is a god amongst men. Pythagoras. | 8110 |
| He that knows a little of the world will admire it enough to fall down and worship it; he that knows it most will most despise it. Colton. | 8111 |
| He that knows, and knows not that he knows, is asleep. Arouse him. Arabian Proverb. | 8112 |
| He that knows, and knows that he knows, is wise. Follow him. Arabian Proverb. | 8113 |
| He that knows is strong. Gaelic Proverb. | 8114 |
| He that knows not, and knows not that he knows not, is stupid. Shun him. Arabian Proverb. | 8115 |
| He that knows not, and knows that he knows not, is good. Teach him. Arabian Proverb. | 8116 |
| He that lacks time to mourn lacks time to mend. Sir H. Taylor. | 8117 |
| He that lies down with dogs will rise up with fleas. Proverb. | 8118 |
| He that lives in perpetual suspicion lives the life of a sentinel, of a sentinel never relieved. Young. | 8119 |
| He that lives longest sees most. Gaelic Proverb. | 8120 |
| He that lives must grow old; and he that would rather grow old than die, has God to thank for the infirmities of old age. Johnson. | 8121 |
| He that lives upon hopes will die fasting. Ben. Franklin. | 8122 |
| He that lives with cripples learns to limp. Proverb. | 8123 |
| He that lives with wolves will learn to howl. Proverb. | 8124 |
| He that loses his conscience has nothing left that is worth keeping. Izaak Walton. | 8125 |
| He that loves Christianity better than truth will soon love his own sect or party better than Christianity. Coleridge. | 8126 |
| He that loves God aright must not desire that God should love him in return—i.e., love to God, as to man, should be entirely unselfish. Spinoza. | 8127 |
| He that loveth a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome counsellor, a cheerful companion, an effectual comforter. Isaac Barrow. | 8128 |
| He that loveth danger shall perish therein. Ecclesiasticus. | 8129 |
| He that loveth father and mother more than me is not worthy of me. Jesus. | 8130 |
| He that loveth not his brother, whom he hath seen, how can he love God, whom he hath not seen? St. John. | 8131 |
| He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man. Bible. | 8132 |
| He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase. Bible. | 8133 |
| He that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent. Bible. | 8134 |
| He that marries before he is wise will die before he thrive. Scotch Proverb. | 8135 |
| He that marries for money sells his liberty. Proverb. | 8136 |
| He that meddleth with strife belonging not to him is like one that taketh a dog by the ears. Bible. | 8137 |
| He that needs five thousand pound to live, / Is full as poor as he that needs but five. George Herbert. | 8138 |
| He that never thinks can never be wise. Johnson. | 8139 |
| He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap. Bible. | 8140 |
| He that on pilgrimages goeth ever, / Becometh holy late or never. Proverb. | 8141 |
| He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want. Bible. | 8142 |
| He that pities another minds himsel’. Scotch Proverb. | 8143 |
| He that prieth in at her windows shall also hearken at her doors. Ecclesiasticus. | 8144 |
| He that promises too much means nothing. Proverb. | 8145 |
| He that purposes to be happy by the affection or acquaintance of the best, the greatest man alive, will always find his mind unsettled and perplexed. Thomas à Kempis. | 8146 |
| He that questioneth much will learn much. Bacon. | 8147 |
| He that revels in a well-chosen library has innumerable dishes, and all of admirable flavour. W. Godwin. | 8148 |
| He that ruleth among men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. Bible. | 8149 |
| He that runs in the dark may well stumble. Proverb. | 8150 |
| He that runs may read. Proverb. | 8151 |
| He that seeks others to beguile, / Is oft o’ertaken in his own wile. Proverb. | 8152 |
| He that seeks to have many friends never has any. Italian Proverb. | 8153 |
| He that serves the altar should live by the altar. Proverb. | 8154 |
| He that shuts his eyes against a small light would not be brought to see that which he had no mind to see, let it be placed in never so clear a light and never so near him. Atterbury. | 8155 |
| He that sows in the highway loses his corn. Proverb. | 8156 |
| He that sows iniquity shall reap sorrow. Proverb. | 8157 |
| He that spares the bad injures the good. Proverb. | 8158 |
| He that spares the rod spoils the child. Proverb. | 8159 |
| He that speaks the thing he should not / Must often hear the thing he would not. Proverb. | 8160 |
| He that speaks the truth will find himself in sufficiently dramatic situations. Prof. Wilson. | 8161 |
| He that spends his gear (property) before he gets it will hae little gude o’t. Scotch Proverb. | 8162 |
| He that stands upon a slippery place / Makes nice of no vain hold to stay him up. King John, iii. 4. | 8163 |
| He that steals a preen (pin) will steal a better thing. Scotch Proverb. | 8164 |
| He that steals for others will be hanged for himself. Proverb. | 8165 |
| He that strikes with the sword shall perish by the sword. Proverb. | 8166 |
| He that studieth revenge keepeth his own wounds green. Bacon. | 8167 |
| He that takes away reason to make way for revelation puts out the light of both. Locke. | 8168 |
| He that talks deceitfully for truth must hurt it more by his example than he promotes it by his arguments. Atterbury. | 8169 |
| He that talks much errs much. Proverb. | 8170 |
| He that talks much lies much. Proverb. | 8171 |
| He that tholes (bears up) o’ercomes. Scotch Proverb. | 8172 |
| He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread. Bible. | 8173 |
| He that turns not from every sin, turns not aright from any one sin. Brooks. | 8174 |
| He that undervalues himself will undervalue others, and he that undervalues others will oppress them. Johnson. | 8175 |
| He that voluntarily continues ignorant is guilty of all the crimes which ignorance produces. Johnson. | 8176 |
| He that waits long at the ferry will get over some time. Gaelic Proverb. | 8177 |
| He that walketh uprightly walks surely. Bible. | 8178 |
| He that walketh with wise men shall be wise; but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. Bible. | 8179 |
| He that wants good sense is unhappy in having learning, for he has thereby only more ways of exposing himself; and he that has sense knows that learning is not knowledge, but rather the art of using it. Steele. | 8180 |
| He that wants money, means, and content is without three good friends. As You Like It, iii. 2. | 8181 |
| He that will be angry for anything will be angry for nothing. Sallust. | 8182 |
| He that will believe only what he can fully comprehend must have a very long head or a very short creed. Colton. | 8183 |
| He that will carry nothing about him but gold will be every day at a loss for readier change. Pope. | 8184 |
| He that will have his son have a respect for him must have a great reverence for his son. Locke. | 8185 |
| He that will lose his friend for a jest, deserves to die a beggar by the bargain. Fuller. | 8186 |
| He that will love life and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile. St. Peter. | 8187 |
| He that will not reason is a bigot; he that cannot, is a fool; and he that dare not, is a slave. Sir W. Drummond. | 8188 |
| He that will not when he may, / When he will he shall have nay. Proverb. | 8189 |
| He that will not work shall not eat. Proverb. | 8190 |
| He that will to Cupar, maun to Cupar—i.e., he that will to jail, must to jail. Scotch Proverb. | 8191 |
| He that will watch Providence will never want a Providence to watch. Flavel. | 8192 |
| He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow. Bible. | 8193 |
| He that winna be counselled canna be helped. Scotch Proverb. | 8194 |
| He that winna save a penny will ne’er hae ony. Scotch Proverb. | 8195 |
| He that won’t plough at home won’t plough abroad. Gaelic Proverb. | 8196 |
| He that would be rich in a year will be hanged in half a year. Proverb. | 8197 |
| He that would be singular in his apparel had need of something superlative to balance that affectation. Feltham. | 8198 |
| He that would have eggs must endure the cackling of the hens. Proverb. | 8199 |
| He that would have his virtue published is not the servant of virtue, but of glory. Johnson. | 8200 |
| He that would live in peace and rest / Must hear, and see, and say the best. Proverb. | 8201 |
| He that would reap well must sow well. Proverb. | 8202 |
| He that would reckon up all the accidents preferments depend upon, may as well undertake to count the sands or sum up infinity. South. | 8203 |
| He that would relish success to purpose should keep his passion cool and his expectation low. Collier. | 8204 |
| He that would reproach an author for obscurity should look into his own mind to see whether it is quite clear there. In the dusk the plainest writing is illegible. Goethe. | 8205 |
| He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Burke. | 8206 |
| He that wrongs his friend / Wrongs himself more, and ever bears about / A silent court of justice in his breast, / Himself the judge and jury, and himself / The prisoner at the bar, ever condemned. Tennyson. | 8207 |
| He the cross who longest bears / Finds his sorrow’s bounds are set. Winkworth. | 8208 |
| He thinks no evil who means no evil. Gaelic Proverb. | 8209 |
| He thinks too much; such men are dangerous. Julius Cæsar, i. 2. | 8210 |
| He thought as a sage though he felt as a man. J. Beattie. | 8211 |
| He thought he thought, and yet he did not think, / But only echoed still the common talk, / As might an empty room. Walter C. Smith. | 8212 |
| He thought the World to him was known, / Whereas he only knew the Town; / In men this blunder still you find, / All think their little set—Mankind. Hannah More. | 8213 |
| He travels safe and not unpleasantly who is guarded by poverty and guided by love. Sir P. Sidney. | 8214 |
| He trudged along, unknowing what he sought, / And whistled as he went, for want of thought. Dryden. | 8215 |
| He wants wit that wants resolved will. Two Gent. of Verona, ii. 6. | 8216 |
| He was a bold man that first ate an oyster. Swift. | 8217 |
| He was a man, take him for all in all, / I shall not look upon his like again. Hamlet, i. 2. | 8218 |
| He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one; / Exceeding wise, fair spoken, and persuading; / Lofty and sour to them that loved him not; / But to those men that sought him, sweet as summer. Henry VIII., iv. 2. | 8219 |
| He was exhaled; his great Creator drew / His spirit, as the sun the morning dew. Dryden. | 8220 |
| He was my friend, faithful and just to me. Julius Cæsar, iii. 2. | 8221 |
| He was not of an age, but for all Time, / Sweet Swan of Avon. Ben Jonson. | 8222 |
| He was perfumed like a milliner, / And ’twixt his finger and his thumb he held / A pouncet-box, which ever and anon / He gave his nose, and took ’t away again. 1 Henry IV., i. 3. | 8223 |
| He was scant o’ news that told that his father was hanged. Scotch Proverb. | 8224 |
| He was the Word that spake it; / He took the bread and brake it; / And what that Word did make it, / I do believe and take it. Dr. Donne. | 8225 |
| He wears his faith but as the fashion of his hat. Much Ado, i. 1. | 8226 |
| He wha eats but (only) ae dish seldom needs the doctor. Scotch Proverb. | 8227 |
| He who asks a favour for another has the confidence which a sense of justice inspires; while he who solicits for himself experiences all the embarrassment and shame of one appealing for mercy. La Bruyère. | 8228 |
| He who avoids the temptation avoids the sin. Proverb. | 8229 |
| He who begins with trusting every one will end with estimating every one a knave. Hebbel. | 8230 |
| He who breaks confidence has for ever forfeited it. Schopenhauer. | 8231 |
| He who can at all times sacrifice pleasure to duty approaches sublimity. Lavater. | 8232 |
| He who can conceal his joys is greater than he who can conceal his griefs. Lavater. | 8233 |
| He who can enjoy the intimacy of the great, and on no occasion disgust them by familiarity or disgrace them by servility, proves that he is as perfect a gentleman by nature as his companions are by rank. Colton. | 8234 |
| He who cannot bear foes deserves no friend. Schafer. | 8235 |
| He who cannot profit you as a friend may at any time injure you as an enemy. Gellert. | 8236 |
| He who carries his heart on his tongue runs the risk of expectorating it. Saar. | 8237 |
| He who ceases to grow greater grows smaller. Amiel. | 8238 |
| He who ceases to pray ceases to prosper. Proverb. | 8239 |
| He who coldly lives to himself and his own will may gratify many a wish, but he who strives to guide others well must be able to dispense with much. Goethe. | 8240 |
| He who combines every defect will be more likely to find favour in the world than the man who is possessed of every virtue. French Proverb. | 8241 |
| He who comes up to his own ideal of greatness must always have had a very low standard of it in his mind. Hazlitt. | 8242 |
| He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it. Plato. | 8243 |
| He who conforms to the rule which the genius of the human understanding whispers secretly in the ear of every new-born being, viz., to test action by thought and thought by action, cannot err; and if he errs, he will soon find himself again in the right way. Goethe. | 8244 |
| He who considers too much will accomplish little. Schiller. | 8245 |
| He who deals with honey will sometimes be licking his fingers. Proverb. | 8246 |
| He who despises mankind will never get the best out of either others or himself. Tocqueville. | 8247 |
| He who did well in war just earns the right / To begin doing well in peace. Browning. | 8248 |
| He who does a good deed is instantly ennobled; he who does a mean deed, is by the action itself contracted. Emerson. | 8249 |
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