Top 77 Hath Quotes

Among all his creatures in heaven or earth, God hath not made any like unto the sun in the firmament, the beams whereof are beautiful and pleasant, and do give comfort in all places to all things.

Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny.

Sufficient for me is that honour which is not seen of men but is felt in the heart, as faithful is He who hath promised and who never lies.

There is a number among us, young and old, of all sorts almost among us, that swarm up and down towns, and woods, and fields, whose care and work hitherto hath been like bees, only to get honey to their own hive.

As perfume doth remain In the folds where it hath lain, So the thought of you, remaining Deeply folded in my brain, Will not leave me: all things leave me: You remain.

Art hath an enemy called Ignorance.

This man is freed from servile bands, Of hope to rise, or fear to fall; Lord of himself, though not of lands, And leaving nothing, yet hath all.

And for mathematical science, he that doubts their certainty hath need of a dose of hellebore.

The pencil of the Holy Ghost hath labored more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon.

God hath given to man a short time here upon earth, and yet upon this short time eternity depends.

Hell hath no fury like a bureaucrat scorned.

No man speaketh, or should speak, of his prince, that which he hath not weighed whether it will consist with that veneration which should be preserved inviolate to him.

Every man hath a good and a bad angel attending on him in particular all his life long.

He hath desired to bring the souls of other men to heaven; let his soul be brought to heaven.

Love seeketh not itself to please, nor for itself hath any care, but for another gives its ease, and builds a Heaven in Hell’s despair.

The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.

Through this same man and me hath all this war been wrought, and the death of the most noblest knights of the world; for through our love that we have loved together is my most noble lord slain.

How long soever it hath continued, if it be against reason, it is of no force in law.

Revenge… is like a rolling stone, which, when a man hath forced up a hill, will return upon him with a greater violence, and break those bones whose sinews gave it motion.

Faith, there hath been many great men that have flattered the people who ne’er loved them.

The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils.

He that hath deserved hanging may be glad to escape with a whipping.

Nature hath framed strange fellows in her time.

The right of nature… is the liberty each man hath to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature; that is to say, of his own life.

I do not so much rejoice that God hath made me to be a Queen, as to be a Queen over so thankful a people.

Here cometh April again, and as far as I can see the world hath more fools in it than ever.

I argue thee that love is life. And life hath immortality.

The sweetest noise on earth, a woman’s tongue; A string which hath no discord.

Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.

What God hath wrought?

Christ comes as a thief in the night, & it is not for us to know the times & seasons which God hath put into his own breast.

You shall, I question not, find a way to the top if you diligently seek for it; for nature hath placed nothing so high that it is out of the reach of industry and valor.

Although it hath pleased God to hasten my death by you, by whom my life should rather have been lengthened, yet can I patiently take it, that I yield God more hearty thanks for shortening my woeful days.

The rashness of the persecutor hath overspread the rights of the persecuted so that punishment is awarded to him that has gained the victory, the inglorious triumphs, and the man who deserved bonds has carried off the prize.

War hath no fury like a non-combatant.

Many things, for aught I know, may exist, whereof neither I nor any other man hath or can have any idea or notion whatsoever.

Peace hath higher tests of manhood, than battle ever knew.

Those little nimble musicians of the air, that warble forth their curious ditties, with which nature hath furnished them to the shame of art.

Wine hath drowned more men than the sea.

A man’s most glorious actions will at last be found to be but glorious sins, if he hath made himself, and not the glory of God, the end of those actions.

A rich rogue nowadays is fit company for any gentleman; and the world, my dear, hath not such a contempt for roguery as you imagine.

He who hath many friends hath none.

Lastly, he must remember that he himself hath no exemption from the common lot, but that he is bound by the same laws of mortality, and liable to the same ailments and afflictions with his fellows.

I shall now proceed to my own experience, which hath truly convinced me, the Lord is awakened as one out of sleep; and the voice of the Lord will shake terribly the earth.

Good is positive. Evil is merely privative, not absolute: it is like cold, which is the privation of heat. All evil is so much death or nonentity. Benevolence is absolute and real. So much benevolence as a man hath, so much life hath he.

Let grace and goodness be the principal loadstone of thy affections. For love which hath ends, will have an end; whereas that which is founded on true virtue, will always continue.

Bacchus hath drowned more men than Neptune.

Nothing hath separated us from God but our own will, or rather our own will is our separation from God.

The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken.

Love knows not distance; it hath no continent; its eyes are for the stars.

No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal face.

Affliction is a treasure, and scarce any man hath enough of it.

My heart hath often been deeply afflicted under a feeling that the standard of pure righteousness is not lifted up to the people by us, as a society, in that clearness which it might have been, had we been as faithful as we ought to be to the teachings of Christ.

As the body dieth when the soul departeth, so the soul of man dieth, when it hath not the knowledge of God.

If Love dwelt not in Trouble, it could have nothing to love. But its substance which it loves, namely the poor soul, being in trouble and pain, it hath thence cause to love this its own substance and to deliver it from pain, that so itself may by it be again beloved.

So the question is, First, Whether the civil magistrate hath power to force men in things religious to do contrary to their conscience, and if they will not to punish them in their goods, liberties, or lives? this we hold in the negative.

Be patient, my soul: thou hath suffered worse than this.

My favourite poem is the one that starts ‘Thirty days hath September’ because it actually tells you something.

Every man hath a general desire of his own happiness; and likewise a variety of particular affections, passions, and appetites to particular external objects.

He that hath no cross deserves no crown.

Let each man think himself an act of God, His mind a thought, his life a breath of God; And let each try, by great thoughts and good deeds, To show the most of Heaven he hath in him.

Night hath a thousand eyes.

Such is the audacity of man, that he hath learned to counterfeit Nature, yea, and is so bold as to challenge her in her work.

My beloved brethren, why do you not rise together with me against the malignants? Why do you not stand up with me to oppose those who work iniquity? Do you not know how that God will scatter the bones of those who strive to oppress Him? They shall be confounded, because the Lord hath despised them.

Who overcomes by force, hath overcome but half his foe.

Hell hath no limits, nor is circumscribed In one self place, for where we are is hell, And where hell is there must we ever be.

Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself.

A Christian is of no sect. He can dwell in the midst of sects, and appear in their services, without being attached or bound to any. He hath but one knowledge, and that is, Christ in him.

Oh, this base heart of ours! Hath it not enough tinder in it to set on fire the course of nature? If a spark do but fall into it, any one of our members left to itself would dishonour Christ, deny the Lord that bought us, and turn back into perdition.

A faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.

A Good School deserves to be call’d, the very Salt of the Town, that hath it.

Hell hath no fury like a hustler with a literary agent.