The same author, speaking of the evils of pedantry, says:— “Every excellency, and every virtue has its kindred vice or weakness; and, if carried beyond certain bounds, sinks into one or the other.
— from The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in All His Relations Towards Society by Cecil B. Hartley

Since you are ready to take up reports and to judge so rashly as you do, I cannot but conclude you are some peevish or melancholy man, not fit to be discoursed with; and so adieu.
— from The Pilgrim's Progress from this world to that which is to come Delivered under the similitude of a dream, by John Bunyan by John Bunyan

If, in the English coin, silver was rated according to its proper proportion to gold, the price of silver bullion would probably fall below the mint price, even without any reformation of the silver coin; the value even of the present worn and defaced silver coin being regulated by the value of the excellent gold coin for which it can be changed.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

Sexual intercourse can be compared to a quarrel, on account of the contrarieties of love and its tendency to dispute.
— from The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana Translated From the Sanscrit in Seven Parts With Preface, Introduction and Concluding Remarks by Vatsyayana

“But as I cannot be certain that you will believe me, my duty plainly points to a refusal.”
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

[ This fountain, in the Euganian hills, near Padua, famous for its mineral waters, is celebrated by Claudian in one of his elegies.]
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius

The whole extent of this prince’s dominions reaches about six thousand miles in length, and from three to five in breadth: whence I cannot but conclude, that our geographers of Europe are in a great error, by supposing nothing but sea between Japan and California; for it was ever my opinion, that there must be a balance of earth to counterpoise the great continent of Tartary; and therefore they ought to correct their maps and charts, by joining this vast tract of land to the north-west parts of America, wherein I shall be ready to lend them my assistance.
— from Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World by Jonathan Swift

And again, if anything admits of a change for the worse it is perishable; therefore, the world is perishable, for it can be dried up, and it can be covered with water.
— from The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laertius

Note that if the communication is not planned it cannot be called propaganda.
— from Psychological Warfare by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger

That I can build card houses seven stories high, but I cannot”—thump—“find”—thump—“ that last link of which I spoke to you.” I could not quite tell what to say, so I held my peace, and he began slowly building up the cards again, speaking in jerks as he did so.
— from The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

People in New York get the idea that it costs everything to live in New York and nothing to live anywhere else—if it can be called living.
— from We Can't Have Everything: A Novel by Rupert Hughes

[183] The thermometer he used had been presented to him by the Academy, and was very probably constructed by M. de Réaumur himself, for de Cossigny's account was sent through M. de Réaumur to the Academy, but still the observations made with it cannot be considered very trustworthy.
— from Ice-Caves of France and Switzerland by G. F. (George Forrest) Browne

I wouldn't mind going myself if I could be complimented through.
— from Little Fishers: and Their Nets by Pansy

If it could be converted from “open” to “closed” shop, the early unionization, not of the steel trade merely, but of all American industry, would follow, and the power of the union leaders would be expanded to an almost illimitable extent.
— from United States Steel: A Corporation with a Soul by Arundel Cotter

The efficiency of the extraction process is checked by comparing the tests of the storage liquor with those of the dry bleach and each batch of liquor should be tested daily.
— from Chlorination of Water by Joseph Race

I followed him up the stairs and through a door on which was printed "Thirty-two men," and below, in chalk, "B Company."
— from Trenching at Gallipoli The personal narrative of a Newfoundlander with the ill-fated Dardanelles expedition by John Gallishaw

Barracoon´ , a negro barrack or slave depot, formerly plentiful on the west coast of Africa, in Cuba, Brazil, &c. Barracu´da , a name for certain large and ferocious fishes of the genus Sphyræna, and allied to the mullets, inhabiting southern seas, and caught in abundance for food.
— from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Atrebates to Bedlis Vol. 1 Part 3 by Various

But, as a matter of fact, it did not occur to 56 Denin to wonder when he should finish until, suddenly and to his own surprise, the strange story he had been writing—if it could be called a story—came to its inevitable climax.
— from Where the Path Breaks by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson

By the judgment of the Supreme Court of the United States, a claim for a fugitive slave is declared to be a case under the Constitution , [130] within the judicial power; and this judgment of the Court is confirmed by common sense and Common Law.
— from Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 04 (of 20) by Charles Sumner