“Because only peasants, or the most inexperienced novices deny everything flatly at examinations.
— from Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

If the Governor makes any difficulty, give him a million; if he will not relinquish her, give him two; as you have not killed an Inquisitor, they will have no suspicion of you; I'll get another ship, and go and wait for you at Venice; that's a free country, where there is no danger either from Bulgarians, Abares, Jews, or Inquisitors."
— from Candide by Voltaire

The result of his experiment had answered all the expectations of his policy; for the Hurons were in no degree exempt from that governing principle of nature, which induces man to value his gifts precisely in the degree that they are appreciated by others.
— from The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper

It is not difficult, even for the reader who has no technical knowledge of war, to understand how slowly and painfully a march through such a country must be made, when not only the cannon but a wagon train, carrying every ounce of supplies necessary for 30,000 men must be dragged at every step through a quagmire.
— from The History of the Confederate War, Its Causes and Its Conduct, Volume 2 (of 2) A Narrative and Critical History by George Cary Eggleston

He therefore advised that we should ride to that place—not following the army, but going across the country, most of which is a very wild and desolate part, where we should be in no danger except from gipsies and such wild people, robbers and rogues, truly, but now making the most of the disturbed state of the country, and running about the roads plundering and thieving.
— from For Faith and Freedom by Walter Besant

Twist tobacco is not delicate enough for airy dreams.
— from Farthest North, Vol. II Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 by Fridtjof Nansen

I never did, except for your sake.
— from The Senator's Bride by Miller, Alex. McVeigh, Mrs.

This one is not decent enough for a man in your position to wear."
— from The Faith Doctor: A Story of New York by Edward Eggleston

There is a bar at its mouth, and it is not directly entered from the sea; it is navigable, after once being entered through Stockton Creek, to White Plains, about twenty miles from its mouth.
— from Liberia: Description, History, Problems by Frederick Starr

If she could tell Ralph Towne her fears to-night, his eyes would grow dark and grave, and then he would toss the feeling away with his amused laugh and say, “Sue is not deep enough for that!
— from Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline: A Story of the Development of a Young Girl's Life by Conklin, Nathaniel, Mrs.

It emphasizes the fact that the Jew, while retaining his racial and religious distinctiveness, identifies himself with the people among whom he dwells, if he is not deliberately excluded from the possibility of doing so. Were further evidence of this required beyond the records of earlier times, a convincing proof can be found in the presence of large numbers of Jews in both the Union and Confederate armies throughout the Civil War.
— from The American Jew as Patriot, Soldier and Citizen by Simon Wolf

“I don’t know how deep it is; but if it is not deep enough for him, he must dig it deeper.”
— from Bruno; or, lessons of fidelity, patience, and self-denial taught by a dog by Jacob Abbott

In the afternoon we lose sight of Java, going on the outside of the island of Madura, as the water is not deep enough for us inside.
— from Forty Thousand Miles Over Land and Water The Journal of a Tour Through the British Empire and America by Ethel Gwendoline Vincent