From him they received the immortal soul, but themselves made the body to be its vehicle, and constructed within another soul which was mortal, and subject to terrible affections—pleasure, the inciter of evil; pain, which deters from good; rashness and fear, foolish counsellors; anger hard to be appeased; hope easily led astray.
— from Timaeus by Plato

Thus inspired, Verne created one of literature's great rebels, a freedom fighter who plunged beneath the waves to wage a unique form of guerilla warfare.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World by Jules Verne

Up, Princes, and, with spirit of honour edged More sharper than your swords, hie to the field: Charles Delabreth, High Constable of France; You Dukes of Orleans, Bourbon, and of Berri, Alengon, Brabant, Bar, and Burgundy; Jaques Chatillon, Rambures, Vaudemont, Beaumont, Grandpre, Roussi, and Fauconbridge, Foix, Lestrake, Bouciqualt, and Charolois; High dukes, great princes, barons, lords, and knights, For your great seats now quit you of great shames.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

If all the world be virtuous and a man steeped in vice, what good results are forthcoming from him?
— from Foundations of World Unity by `Abdu'l-Bahá

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— from Round the Fire Stories by Arthur Conan Doyle

In June, when Amherst had finally come to the conclusion that he had a real war on his hands—and had, as we have seen, dispatched Dalyell to Detroit—he had, at the same time, sent orders to Colonel Bouquet to get ready a force for the relief of Fort Pitt.
— from The War Chief of the Ottawas : A chronicle of the Pontiac war by Thomas Guthrie Marquis

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— from Metal Spinning by C. Tuells

It is known, however, that in conservatories in Northern Russia plants supplied with heat and moisture can endure in winter great deprivation of light, and at Disco, in Greenland, roses and fuchsias flourish as house plants.
— from The Chain of Life in Geological Time A Sketch of the Origin and Succession of Animals and Plants by Dawson, John William, Sir

[Pg 261] CHAPTER XVIII THE DAWN OF OCTOBER THIRD Gysbert rowed away frantically from the scene of destruction.
— from Jacqueline of the Carrier Pigeons by Augusta Huiell Seaman

At last, another generation rose, and fierce family feuds broke out between the branches of the family.
— from A Popular History of Ireland : from the Earliest Period to the Emancipation of the Catholics — Complete by Thomas D'Arcy McGee

An octogenarian with a good record, and free from annoying or distressing infirmities, ought to be the happiest of men.
— from Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works by Oliver Wendell Holmes

As a general rule a father fails to know what his son is fit for; and after disappointment, fancies (for a little time at least) himself a fool to have taken the boy to be all that the mother said of him.
— from Alice Lorraine: A Tale of the South Downs by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore