HALF A LOAF . Half a loaf is better than no bread.
HALF HANGED . Better be half hanged than ill wed.
HAND-SAW . A hand-saw is a good thing, but not to shave with.
HAND-SAW . He knows not a hawk from a hand-saw.
HANDSOME . He who is not handsome at twenty, nor strong at thirty, nor wise at forty, nor rich at fifty, will never be handsome, strong, rich, or wise.
HANGED . He who is born to be hanged will never be drowned.
HANGED . One may as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.
HANGING . There are many ways of killing a dog beside hanging him.
HAPPY . 746. HARE. Where we least think, there goeth the hare away.
HARDLY EVER . 'Hardly ever' saves many a lie.
HARE . Little dogs start the hare, but great ones catch it.
HARE SKIN . Sell not the hare's skin before you have caught him.
HARM . Harm watch, harm catch.
HARMS . Wise men learn by others' harms, fools by their own.
HARVEST . He that hath a good harvest may be content with some thistles.
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