In the Epistle of the Apostle Peter, too, where the world which then was is said to have perished, being overflowed with water, it is sufficiently obvious what part of the world is signified by the whole, and in what sense the word perished is to be taken, and what heavens were kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
— from The City of God, Volume II by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

Caesar calls all the lords of France, having free franchise within their own demesnes, roitelets or petty kings; and in truth, the name of sire excepted, they go pretty far towards kingship; for do but look into the provinces remote from court, as Brittany for example; take notice of the train, the vassals, the officers, the employments, service, ceremony, and state of a lord who lives retired from court in his own house, amongst his own tenants and servants; and observe withal the flight of his imagination; there is nothing more royal; he hears talk of his master once a year, as of a king of Persia, without taking any further recognition of him, than by some remote kindred his secretary keeps in some register.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

= KEY: Irreverence, [See REVERENCE].
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

“Everybody knows it,” said Ruby bitterly.
— from Anne of the Island by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

= KEY: Irremediable, [See REMEDIABLE].
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

“Oh, go on and keep it,” she replied, rather unnerved.
— from Sister Carrie: A Novel by Theodore Dreiser

Reality is, no doubt, greater and more vital 20 to know, in so real a world and life, than any fiction; and the thoughts of God, which the facts are, are infinitely more precious than the fancies of men about them, or even according to them; yet is man's power of fancying, or fantasying, in harmony with the fact, the measure of his knowledge of it and vital relationship to it, and the divinely appointed means withal whereby the fact itself is brought home to our affections.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

The Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia think that when a salmon is killed its soul returns to the salmon country.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

“He knew it,” said Rastignac.
— from Father Goriot by Honoré de Balzac

The first of these is Memory, which, though not primary or original, like presentative knowledge, is still regarded as directly or intuitively certain.
— from Illusions: A Psychological Study by James Sully

"I do know it," she replied, "and I will say nothing more about it."
— from Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete by Various

"I oughtn't to do it; I know I shall rue it; but you have overpersuaded me and I liked Herr Eichenholz, a noble gentleman and free with his money—see here, the papers of a waiter, Julius Zimmermann, called up with the Landwehr but discharged medically unfit, military pay-book and permis de séjour for fifteen days.
— from The Man with the Clubfoot by Valentine Williams

For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: but the heavens and the earth which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire ...
— from The Secret Doctrine, Vol. 2 of 4 by H. P. (Helena Petrovna) Blavatsky

Too well I know I shall return to become the bride of one I detest; but I will not let that thought embitter my enjoyment of the wonders and beauties I shall behold.
— from Eventide A Series of Tales and Poems by Effie Afton

Many a windy, rolling thought comes to me when I am kneeling in secret rebellion at the abasement of the Litany, irreverent, meseemeth, to the souls cast in God’s image, but who am I that I should think scorn of any words by which people climb to Heaven?
— from The Joys of Being a Woman, and Other Papers by Winifred Margaretta Kirkland