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Hillel
"The Elder"
c.
60–9
"The Elder"
c.
60–9
1
What is hateful to you do not do to your neighbour: that is the whole Torah.
If I am not for myself who is for me? and being for my own self what am I? If not now when?
What is hateful to you do not do to your neighbour: that is the whole Torah.
in
Talmud
Shabbat 31a
If I am not for myself who is for me? and being for my own self what am I? If not now when?
in
Talmud
Mishnah "Pirqei Avot" 1:14
Hilton, James
1900–54
1900–54
1
Nothing really wrong with him—only anno domini, but that's the most fatal complaint of all, in the end.
Nothing really wrong with him—only anno domini, but that's the most fatal complaint of all, in the end.
Goodbye, Mr Chips
(1934) ch. 1
Hippocrates
c.
460
bc
c.
460
bc
1
Life is short, the art long.
often quoted as "Ars longa, vita brevis", after Seneca's rendering in De Brevitate Vitae sect. 1
Life is short, the art long.
often quoted as "Ars longa, vita brevis", after Seneca's rendering in De Brevitate Vitae sect. 1
Aphorisms
sect. 1, para. 1 (tr. W. H. S. Jones).
Hirohito, Emperor
1901–89
1901–89
1
The war situation has developed not necessarily to Japan's advantage.
announcing Japan's surrender, in a broadcast to his people after atom bombs had destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The war situation has developed not necessarily to Japan's advantage.
announcing Japan's surrender, in a broadcast to his people after atom bombs had destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki
on 15 August 1945
Hirst, Damien
1965–
1965–
1
It's amazing what you can do with an E in A-level art, twisted imagination and a chainsaw.
after winning the 1995 Turner Prize
It's amazing what you can do with an E in A-level art, twisted imagination and a chainsaw.
after winning the 1995 Turner Prize
in
Observer
3 December 1995 "Sayings of the Week"
Hitchcock, Alfred
1899–1980
1899–1980
1
Actors are cattle.
Television has brought back murder into the home—where it belongs.
Actors are cattle.
in
Saturday Evening Post
22 May 1943
Television has brought back murder into the home—where it belongs.
in
Observer
19 December 1965
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