Simplicity the great first principle; Then beauty of style and harmony and grace and good E rhythm depend on simplicity,—I mean the true simplicity of a rightly and nobly ordered mind and character, not that other simplicity which is only an euphemism for folly? Very true, he replied.
— from The Republic of Plato by Plato

Maáyu siyang muliuslíus sa katarúngan, He is good at giving evasive reasons.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

Mark by what wretched steps their glory grows, From dirt and seaweed as proud Venice rose; In each how guilt and greatness equal ran, And all that raised the hero, sunk the man: Now Europe’s laurels on their brows behold, But stained with blood, or ill exchanged for gold; Then see them broke with toils or sunk with ease, Or infamous for plundered provinces.
— from An Essay on Man; Moral Essays and Satires by Alexander Pope

We have attempted to show the controlling influence of railroad corporations over the legislative department of the government, and its effect upon the people, without following it through all its various forms, our object being to present what we deemed sufficient evidence to direct the public mind to the great and growing evils resulting from this influence.
— from Monopolies and the People by D. C. Cloud

“Great!” announced Grove Evans, really delighted, for he would be in time for dinner at the club after all.
— from Little Lost Sister by Virginia Brooks

"I'll go and get everything ready, and fix up some breakfast for Garth."
— from 'Possum by Mary Grant Bruce

Go around and grab the Great and the Good who insist on minding their private business and who are letting the country be gobbled up—just go and grab 'em right up by the scruff of the neck and fling them into politics head over heels.
— from The Landloper: The Romance of a Man on Foot by Holman Day