A dictionary of Proverbs (Oxford Paperback Reference)

hill see BLUE are the hills that are far away.
hindered see MEAT and mass never hindered man.
hindmost see DEVIL take the hindmost; EVERY man for himself, and devil take the hindmost.
hire see the LABOURER is worthy of his hire.
historian see until the LIONS produce their own historian,...
HISTORY repeats itself

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  1858 G. ELIOT Janet’s Repentance in Scenes of Clerical Life II. x. History, we know, is apt to repeat itself. 1865 H. SEDLEY Marian Rooke III. v. i. History, it is said, repeats itself. .. Few but are reminded almost every day .. of something that has gone before. 1957 V. BRITTAIN Testament of Experience 11 History tends to defy the familiar aphorism; whether national or personal, it seldom repeats itself. 1971 A. PRICE Alamut Ambush xiii. Maybe history repeats itself—but I have to have facts. "history
  

history see also happy is the COUNTRY which has no history.
hog see the CAT, the rat, and Lovell the dog, rule all England under the hog.
hold see what you HAVE, hold.
Holdfast see BRAG is a good dog, but Holdfast is better.
When you are in a HOLE, stop digging

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  1988 D. HEALEY Observer in J. Care (ed.) Sayings of the Eighties It is a good thing to follow the first law of holes; if you are in one, stop digging. 1989 U.S. News & World Report 23 Jan. CVI. iii. 46 (headline) When you’re in a hole, stop digging. 1997 Times 15 Sept. 1 William Hague seems to have forgotten the first rule of politics: when you are in a hole, stop digging. 2001 Spectator 1 Dec. 32 Parliament would be unwise to hand to somebody in Tehran, Lambeth Palace or Salt Lake City the power, by pronouncing something hateful, to create an offence under English law. You’re in a hole, Home Secretary. Stop digging. ■ prudence; trouble