Our fancy arrives not at the one without effort, but easily reaches the other: Which effort weakens the conception, where the distance is small; but enlarges and elevates the imagination, when attended with a suitable object.
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume

And from this circumstance there arises in many, if they are candid enough to confess it, a certain degree of misology, that is, hatred of reason, especially in the case of those who are most experienced in the use of it, because after calculating all the advantages they derive, I do not say from the invention of all the arts of common luxury, but even from the sciences (which seem to them to be after all only a luxury of the understanding), they find that they have, in fact, only brought more trouble on their shoulders, rather than gained in happiness; and they end by envying, rather than despising, the more common stamp of men who keep closer to the guidance of mere instinct and do not allow their reason much influence on their conduct.
— from Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals by Immanuel Kant

—By the Treaty of Paris in 1763, peace was made, by which France surrendered practically all her colonial possessions to England; but England returned to Spain her captures in Cuba and the Philippines.
— from A History of the Philippines by David P. Barrows

"Enough, Burgsdorf, enough," replied the count haughtily.
— from The Youth of the Great Elector by L. (Luise) Mühlbach

"That mystery can easily be explained," replied Timberlake with a smile.
— from Jack Wright and His Electric Stage; or, Leagued Against the James Boys by Luis Senarens

Scarcely is service ended before each returns to his old practices.
— from A New Witness for God (Volume 1 of 3) by B. H. (Brigham Henry) Roberts

The treasury was nearly empty, but enough remained to pay Paine his salary, and he headed a subscription of relief with $500.*
— from The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. 1. (of 2) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England; to which is added a Sketch of Paine by William Cobbett by Moncure Daniel Conway

They were encouraged by Edward refusing to taste better fare than his troopers, and declining to partake of the one small measure of wine reserved for his use.
— from The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) by T. F. (Thomas Frederick) Tout

The curiosity which has everywhere been expressed respecting this first dramatic production of American genius, and the pleasure which it has already afforded in the theatres of New York and Maryland, persuade Mr. Wignell that his excuses on this occasion will be acceptable to the public and that even in so imperfect a dress, the intrinsic merit of the comedy will contribute to the amusement and command the approbation of the audience."
— from The Contrast by Royall Tyler

But Kant slides into these a priori functions the preferential values exercised by empirical reflective thought.
— from The Influence of Darwin on Philosophy, and other essays in contemporary thought by John Dewey