Its knell in princely ears, till the o'erstrung Nations have armed in madness, the strange fate Which tumbles mightiest sovereigns, and hath flung
— from Childe Harold's Pilgrimage by Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron

Perhaps in no form of knowledge is personal experience so indispensable as in learning to see that all things are unstable and transitory in this world.
— from The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; Counsels and Maxims by Arthur Schopenhauer

The Queen is brought a few days since to Hampton Court; and all people say of her to be a very fine and handsome lady, and very discreet; and that the King is pleased enough with her which, I fear, will put Madam Castlemaine’s nose out of joynt.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

In the end they, as officers of justice, settled the question by arbitration in such a manner that both sides were, if not perfectly contented, at least to some extent satisfied; for they changed the pack-saddles, but not the girths or head-stalls; and as to Mambrino’s helmet, the curate, under the rose and without Don Quixote’s knowing it, paid eight reals for the basin, and the barber executed a full receipt and engagement to make no further demand then or thenceforth for evermore, amen.
— from The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Complete by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

In the end they, as officers of justice, settled the question by arbitration in such a manner that both sides were, if not perfectly contented, at least to some extent satisfied; for they changed the pack-saddles, but not the girths or head-stalls; and as to Mambrino's helmet, the curate, under the rose and without Don Quixote's knowing it, paid eight reals for the basin, and the barber executed a full receipt and engagement to make no further demand then or thenceforth for evermore, amen.
— from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

pence Pension boarding house Pension superannuation Pension; Rente pension Pensionsalter pensionable age Pensionskasse pension fund Pensionskasse pension pool Pensionskasse staff pension fund per Adresse care of per Anhänger by trailers per Fähre by ferries per Fernschreiben by telex per Kabel by cable per Luftpost through the post by airmail per Telegramm by telegram perfekt perfect perfekter Wettbewerb perfect competition periodisch periodical periodisch wiederkehrend recurring periodische Zahlungen; regelmäßige Zahlungen periodic payments permanente Revision continuous audit Personal personnel Personalabteilung personnel department Personalabteilung personnel division Personalabteilung staff department Personalakten personnel files Personalanforderung personnel requisition Personalangaben personal data Personalauswahl selection of personnel Personalausweis identity card Personalausweis; Kennkarte identification card Personalbüro; Personalabteilung personnel office Personalchef personnel officer Personalchef staff manager Personalchef; Leiter der Personalabteilung personnel manager Personalfluktuation labour turnover Personalführung personnel management Personalkredit personal loan Personalverwaltung personnel administration Personenbeförderung conveyance of passengers Personenschaden damage to persons persönlich personal persönlich bekannt of known identity persönlich erscheinen to appear in person persönlich haftender Gesellschafter partner liable to unlimited extent persönlich; als Einzelner individually persönliche Akte individual file persönliche Befragung face-to-face interview persönliche Daten; personenbezogene Daten personal data persönliche Einkünfte; persönliches Interview personal earnings persönliche Vereinbarung private arrangement persönliche Zeitzugabe personal allowance persönliche Zeitzugabe personal needs allowance persönlicher Assistent personal assistant persönlicher Bedarf individual demand persönlicher Besitz personal property persönlicher Freibetrag personal allowance persönlicher Vorteil; persönlicher Nutzen personal benefit persönliches Eigentum; Sachbesitz personal property persönliches Gepäck accompanied luggage persönliches Gespräch mit Voranmeldung personal call persönliches Gut; bewegliches Gut; Hausrat personal chattels Pesnionierung retirement pessimistische Zeit pessimistic time
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

All the knowledge I possess every one else can acquire, but my heart is exclusively my own.
— from The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

They must not be forgotten: and there will be animals of many other kinds, if people eat them.
— from The Republic of Plato by Plato

“The like of this has never been known in Prince Edward Island,” said Marilla, “never.
— from Anne of Avonlea by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

There was for him the choice that is given to every man in this sort of pain, the choice between dulling his mind to the pain, letting it pass from him as he holds on his way (and God knows it passes easily), or clasping it as the higher good.
— from What Necessity Knows by L. (Lily) Dougall

The Hogwallow Kentuckian is published every Saturday night, read in thirty-seven states, and copied by the leading newspapers of America and England.
— from Kentucky in American Letters, 1784-1912. Vol. 2 of 2 by John Wilson Townsend

All he knows is pinch everybody two or three times.
— from Whispering Wires by Henry Leverage

Meantime the projected divorce had become known in Paris, even in the bosom of the imperial family.
— from World's Best Histories — Volume 7: France by François Guizot

Upon this firm foundation lay the stuff which you are going to embroider, and hem or herring-bone it down, taking care to keep it perfectly even with the thread of the foundation and, if possible, more tightly stretched to prevent it from being wrinkled or puckered when you come to take it off the backing.
— from Encyclopedia of Needlework by Thérèse de Dillmont

“W E know in part,” exclaimed, with burning zeal, the honest man of God in Holy Scripture, “We know in part, and we prophesy in part.”
— from The philosophy of life, and philosophy of language, in a course of lectures by Friedrich von Schlegel

"Madame Delamy made it from your gray cloth dress, which you know is perfect every way.
— from A Song of a Single Note: A Love Story by Amelia E. Barr