Oh, curses, woe, death to you!”
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

“I did not bow down to you, I bowed down to all the suffering of humanity,” he said wildly and walked away to the window.
— from Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

They say, the sea, when it gaines, loseth too; 30 If carnall Death (the yonger brother) doe Usurpe the body,'our soule, which subject is To th'elder death, by sinne, is freed by this; They perish both, when they attempt the just; For, graves our trophies are, and both deaths dust.
— from The Poems of John Donne, Volume 1 (of 2) Edited from the Old Editions and Numerous Manuscripts by John Donne

Come then, ye children of the Lydian Muse, and present yourselves first to the magistrates, and if they decide that your hymns are as good or better than ours, you shall have your chorus; but if not, not.
— from Laws by Plato

To dream that you are having your own photograph made, foretells that you will unwarily cause yourself and others' trouble.
— from Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What's in a Dream A Scientific and Practical Exposition by Gustavus Hindman Miller

“I never felt so certain of winning a battle as I did that you would not be touched as long as we were looking after you.
— from Colonel Thorndyke's Secret by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty