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plundered He is the best host, who allows his guests the most freedom He has the gift of being easily consoled He who wholly abjures folly is a fool He out of the battle can easily boast of being unconquered He spoke with pompous exaggeration Held in too slight esteem to be able to offer an affront Her white cat was playing at her feet Her eyes were like open windows Here the new custom of tobacco-smoking was practised His sole effort had seemed to be to interfere with no one Hold pleasure to be the highest good Hollow of the hand, Diogenes's drinking-cup Homo sum; humani nil a me alienum puto Honest anger affords a certain degree of enjoyment Hopeful soul clings to delay as the harbinger of deliverance How easy it is to give wounds, and how hard it is to heal How could they find so much pleasure in such folly How tender is thy severity How effective a consolation man possesses in gratitude Human sacrifices, which had been introduced into Egypt by the Phoenicians Human beings hate the man who shows kindness to their enemies I am human, nothing that is human can I regard as alien to me I approve of such foolhardiness I plead with voice and pen in behalf of fairy tales I must either rest or begin upon something new I cannot . . . Say rather: I will not I know that I am of use I have never deviated from the exact truth even in jest I was not swift to anger, nor a liar, nor a violent ruler I do not like to enquire about our fate beyond the grave Idleness had long since grown to be the occupation of his life If you want to catch mice you must waste bacon If one only knew who it is all for If it were right we should not want to hide ourselves If speech be silver, silence then is gold! Ill-judgment to pronounce a thing impossible Impartial looker-on sees clearer than the player In order to find himself for once in good company--(Solitude) In whom some good quality or other may not be discovered In those days men wept, as well as women In this immense temple man seemed a dwarf in his own eyes In our country it needs more courage to be a coward In war the fathers live to mourn for their slain sons Inn, was to be found about every eighteen miles Inquisitive eyes are intrusive company Introduced a regular system of taxation-Darius It is not seeing, it is seeking that is delightful It w
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