Since the star seldom passed the meridian at the exact moment of a beat, the observer, in order to estimate fractions, had to note its position at the stroke before and at the stroke after the passage, and to divide the time as the meridian-line seemed to divide the space.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

For he, amongst other rules, had been advised to make me relish science and duty by an unforced will, and of my own voluntary motion, and to educate my soul in all liberty and delight, without any severity or constraint; which he was an observer of to such a degree, even of superstition, if I may say so, that some being of opinion that it troubles and disturbs the brains of children suddenly to wake them in the morning, and to snatch them violently—and over-hastily from sleep (wherein they are much more profoundly involved than we), he caused me to be wakened by the sound of some musical instrument, and was never unprovided of a musician for that purpose.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

She thought of the collar and cuff manufactory and the eternal moan of the proprietor: "What een hell do you sink I pie fife dolla a week for?
— from Maggie: A Girl of the Streets by Stephen Crane

What could it matter to me how many absurdities the Erewhonians might adopt?
— from Erewhon; Or, Over the Range by Samuel Butler

Now the Magians are distinguished in many ways from other men, as also from the priests in Egypt: for these last esteem it a matter of purity to kill no living creature except the animals which they sacrifice; but the Magians kill with their own hands all creatures except dogs and men, and they even make this a great end to aim at, killing both ants and serpents and all other creeping and flying things.
— from The History of Herodotus — Volume 1 by Herodotus

I shall always try to look after myself and to endure myself, and my heart is often filled to overflowing, and with some reason.
— from The Dawn of Day by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Dear Rob! manly, witty, fond, friendly, full of weak spots as well as strong ones-essential type of so many thousands—perhaps the average, as just said, of the decent-born young men and the early mid-aged, not only of the British Isles, but America, too, North and South, just the same.
— from Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy by Walt Whitman

She asked him why he wept; and he replied, "I have lately lost my wife, who was very dear to me, and tears ease my grief."
— from Aesop's Fables; a new translation by Aesop

Roman. 1 ūnus , one ( 638 ) prīmus , first ( 643 ) singulī , one each ( 643 ) semel , once I 2 duo , two ( 639 ) secundus , second bīnī , two each bis , twice II 3 trēs , three ( 639 ) tertius , third ternī , trīnī , three each ter , thrice III 4 quattuor , four quārtus , fourth quaternī , four each quater , four times IIII or IV 5 quīnque , five quīntus , fifth quīnī , five each quīnquiēns , five times V 6 sex , six sextus , sixth sēnī , six each sexiēns , six times VI 7 septem , seven septimus , seventh septēnī , seven each septiēns , seven times VII 8 octō , eight octāvus , eighth octōnī , eight each octiēns , eight times VIII 9 novem , nine nōnus , ninth novēnī , nine each noviēns , nine times VIIII or IX 10 decem , ten decimus , tenth dēnī , ten each deciēns , ten times X 11 ūndecim , eleven ūndecimus , eleventh ūndēnī , eleven each ūndeciēns , eleven times XI 12 duodecim duodecimus duodēnī duodeciēns XII 13 tredecim tertius decimus ternī dēnī terdeciēns XIII 14 quattuordecim quārtus decimus quaternī dēnī quater deciēns XIIII or XIV 15 quīndecim quīntus decimus quīnī dēnī quīndeciēns XV 16 sēdecim sextus decimus sēnī dēnī sēdeciēns XVI 17 septendecim septimus decimus septēni dēnī septiēns deciēns XVII 18 duodēvīgintī duodēvīcēsimus duodēvīcēnī octiēns deciēns XVIII 19 ūndēvīgintī ūndēvīcēsimus ūndēvīcēnī noviēns deciēns XVIIII or XIX 20 vīgintī , twenty vīcēsimus , twentieth vīcēnī , twenty each vīciēns , twenty times XX 21 vīgintī ūnus or ūnus et vīgintī vīcēsimus prīmus or ūnus et vīcēsimus vīcēnī singulī or singulī et vīcēnī vīciēns semel or semel et vīciēns XXI 22 vīgintī duo or duo et vīgintī vīcēsimus alter or alter et vīcēsimus vīcēnī bīnī or bīnī et vīcēnī vīciēns bis or bis et vīciēns XXII 28 duodētrīgintā duodētrīcēsimus duodētrīcēnī duodētrīciēns XXVIII 29 ūndētrīgintā ūndētrīcēsimus ūndētrīcēnī *ūndētrīciēns XXVIIII or XXIX 30 trīgintā trīcēsimus trīcēnī trīciēns XXX 40 quadrāgintā quadrāgēsimus quadrāgēnī quadrāgiēns XXXX or Xↆ 50 quīnquāgintā quīnquāgēsimus quīnquāgēnī quīnquāgiēns ↆ 60 sexāgintā sexāgēsimus sexāgēnī sexāgiēns ↆX 70 septuāgintā septuāgēsimus septuāgēnī septuāgiēns ↆXX 80 octōgintā octōgēsimus octōgēnī octōgiēns ↆXXX 90 nōnāgintā nōnāgēsimus nōnāgēnī nōnāgiēns ↆXXXX or XC 99 ūndēcentum ūndēcentēsimus ūndēcentēnī *ūndēcentiēns ↆXXXXVIIII or XCIX 100 centum , one hundred centēsimus , one hundredth centēnī , a hundred each centiēns , a hundred times C 101 centum ūnus or centum et ūnus centēsimus prīmus or centēsimus et prīmus centēnī singulī centiēns semel or centiēns et semel CI 200 ducentī ( 641 ) ducentēsimus ducēnī ducentiēns CC 300 trecentī trecentēsimus trecēnī trecentiēns CCC 400 quadringentī quadringentēsimus quadringēnī quadringentiēns CCCC 500 quīngentī quīngentēsimus quīngēnī quīngentiēns D 600 sescentī sescentēsimus sescēnī sescentiēns DC 700 septingentī septingentēsimus septingēnī septingentiēns DCC 800 octingentī octingentēsimus octingēnī octingentiēns DCCC 900 nōngentī nōngentēsimus nōngēnī nōngentiēns DCCCC 1,000 mīlle , thousand ( 642 ) mīllēsimus , thousandth singula mīllia , a thousand each mīlliēns , a thousand times ↀ 2,000 duo mīllia bis mīllēsimus bīna mīllia bis mīlliēns ↀↀ 5,000 quīnque mīllia quīnquiēns mīllēsimus quīna mīllia quīnquiēns mīlliēns ↁ 10,000 decem mīllia deciēns mīllēsimus dēna mīllia deciēns mīlliēns ↂ 50,000 quīnquāgintā mīllia quīnquāgiēns mīllēsimus quīnquāgēna mīllia quīnquāgiēns mīlliēns ↇ 100,000 centum mīllia centiēns mīllēsimus centēna mīllia centiēns mīlliēns ↈ 1,000,000 deciēns centēna mīllia deciēns centiēns mīllēsimus deciēns centēna mīllia deciēns centiēns mīlliēns 442 Notation.
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

For example, the pleasures of eating and drinking are necessary and healthy, up to a certain point; beyond that point they are alike hurtful to body and mind, and the excess may be avoided.
— from The Republic by Plato

Imports: $2.401 billion (2006) country comparison to the world: 145 Imports - commodities: machinery and transport equipment, manufactures, chemicals, mineral fuels; food and live animals Imports - partners: US 25.1%, South Korea 18.8%, Japan 16.4%, Singapore 7.3%, Venezuela 5% (2008) Debt - external: $342.6 million (2004 est.) country comparison to the world: 171 Exchange rates: Bahamian dollars (BSD) per US dollar - 1 (2008 est.), 1 (2007), 1 (2006), 1 (2005), 1 (2004) Communications ::Bahamas, The Telephones - main lines in use: 133,000 (2008) country comparison to the world: 138 Telephones - mobile cellular: 358,000 (2008) country comparison to the world: 164 Telephone system: general assessment: modern facilities domestic: totally automatic system; highly developed; the Bahamas Domestic Submarine Network links 14 of the islands and is designed to satisfy increasing demand for voice and broadband internet services international: country code - 1-242; landing point for the Americas Region Caribbean Ring System (ARCOS-1) fiber-optic submarine cable that provides links to South and Central America, parts of the Caribbean, and the US; satellite earth stations - 2 (2007) Radio broadcast stations: AM 3, FM 5, shortwave 0 (2006)
— from The 2009 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

The government is giving more and more attention to educational matters in Egypt, but the first work was done by the missionaries, and no one can appreciate what this work means who has not had an opportunity to compare the boys and the girls in the schools with the children who are growing up in ignorance outside.
— from The Old World and Its Ways Describing a Tour Around the World and Journeys Through Europe by William Jennings Bryan

The worst have something good, and sometimes something great There are many avenues to every man They thought I informed, because I pleased them Thin veil of Modesty drawn before Vanity Think to atone by zeal for their want of merit and importance Think yourself less well than you are, in order to be quite so Thinks himself much worse than he is Thoroughly, not superficially Those who remarkably affect any one virtue Those whom you can make like themselves better Three passions that often put honesty to most severe trials Timidity and diffidence To be heard with success, you must be heard with pleasure To be pleased one must please To govern mankind, one must not overrate them To seem to have forgotten what one remembers To know people's real sentiments, I trust much more to my eyes To great caution, you can join seeming frankness and openness Too like, and too exact a picture of human nature Trifle only with triflers; and be serious only with the serious Trifles that concern you are not trifles to me Trifling parts, with their little jargon Trite jokes and loud laughter reduce him to a buffoon Truth, but not the whole truth, must be the invariable principle Truth leaves no room for compliments Unaffected silence upon that subject is the only true medium Unguarded frankness Unintelligible to his readers, and sometimes to himself Unopened, because one title in twenty has been omitted Unwilling and forced; it will never please Use palliatives when you contradict Useful sometimes to see the things which one ought to avoid Value of moments, when cast up, is immense Vanity, interest, and absurdity, always display Vanity, that source of many of our follies Warm and young thanks, not old and cold ones Water-drinkers can write nothing good
— from Quotes and Images from Chesterfield's Letters to His Son by Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of

Iceland machinery and equipment, petroleum products, foodstuffs, textiles India crude oil, machinery, gems, fertilizer, chemicals Indonesia machinery and equipment, chemicals, fuels, foodstuffs Iran industrial raw materials and intermediate goods, capital goods, foodstuffs and other consumer goods, technical services, military supplies Iraq food, medicine, manufactures Ireland data processing equipment, other machinery and equipment, chemicals, petroleum and petroleum products, textiles, clothing Isle of Man timber, fertilizers, fish Israel raw materials, military equipment, investment goods, rough diamonds, fuels, grain, consumer goods Italy engineering products, chemicals, transport equipment, energy products, minerals and nonferrous metals, textiles and clothing; food, beverages, and tobacco Jamaica food and other consumer goods, industrial supplies, fuel, parts and accessories of capital goods, machinery and transport equipment, construction materials Japan machinery and equipment, fuels, foodstuffs, chemicals, textiles, raw materials (2001) Jersey machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, foodstuffs, mineral fuels, chemicals Jordan crude oil, textile fabrics, machinery, transport equipment, manufactured goods Kazakhstan machinery and equipment 41%, metal products 28%, foodstuffs 8% (2001) Kenya machinery and transportation equipment, petroleum products, motor vehicles, iron and steel, resins and plastics Kiribati foodstuffs, machinery and equipment, miscellaneous manufactured goods, fuel Korea, North petroleum, coking coal, machinery and equipment, textiles, grain Korea, South machinery, electronics and electronic equipment, oil, steel, transport equipment, organic chemicals, plastics Kuwait food, construction materials, vehicles and parts, clothing Kyrgyzstan oil and gas, machinery and equipment, chemicals, foodstuffs Laos machinery and equipment, vehicles, fuel, consumer goods Latvia machinery and equipment, chemicals, fuels, vehicles Lebanon petroleum products, cars, medicinal products, clothing, meat and live animals, consumer goods, paper, textile fabrics, tobacco Lesotho food; building materials, vehicles, machinery, medicines, petroleum products (2000) Liberia fuels, chemicals, machinery, transportation equipment, manufactured goods; foodstuffs Libya machinery, semi-finished goods, food, transport equipment, consumer products Liechtenstein agricultural products, raw materials, machinery, metal goods, textiles, foodstuffs, motor vehicles Lithuania mineral products, machinery and equipment, transport equipment, chemicals, textiles and clothing, metals Luxembourg minerals, metals, foodstuffs, quality consumer goods Macau raw materials and semi-manufactured goods, consumer goods (foodstuffs, beverages, tobacco), capital goods, mineral fuels and oils Macedonia machinery and equipment, automobiles, chemicals, fuels, food products Madagascar capital goods, petroleum, consumer goods, food Malawi food, petroleum products, semimanufactures, consumer goods, transportation equipment Malaysia electronics, machinery, petroleum products, plastics, vehicles, iron and steel products, chemicals Maldives petroleum products, ships, foodstuffs, clothing, intermediate and capital goods Mali petroleum, machinery and equipment, construction materials, foodstuffs, textiles Malta machinery and transport equipment, manufactured and semi-manufactured goods; food, drink, tobacco Marshall Islands foodstuffs, machinery and equipment, fuels, beverages and tobacco Mauritania machinery and equipment, petroleum products, capital goods, foodstuffs, consumer goods Mauritius manufactured goods, capital equipment, foodstuffs, petroleum products, chemicals Mayotte food, machinery and equipment, transportation equipment, metals, chemicals Mexico metalworking machines, steel mill products, agricultural machinery, electrical equipment, car parts for assembly, repair parts for motor vehicles, aircraft, and aircraft parts Micronesia, Federated States of food, manufactured goods, machinery and equipment, beverages Moldova mineral products and fuel, machinery and equipment, chemicals, textiles (2000) Mongolia machinery and equipment, fuel, cars, food products, industrial consumer goods, chemicals, building materials, sugar, tea Montserrat machinery and transportation equipment, foodstuffs, manufactured goods, fuels, lubricants, and related materials Morocco crude petroleum, textile fabric, telecommunications equipment, wheat, gas and electricity, transistors, plastics Mozambique machinery and equipment, vehicles, fuel, chemicals, metal products, foodstuffs, textiles Namibia foodstuffs; petroleum products and fuel, machinery and equipment, chemicals Nauru food, fuel, manufactures, building materials, machinery Nepal gold, machinery and equipment, petroleum products, fertilizer Netherlands machinery and transport equipment, chemicals, fuels, foodstuffs, clothing Netherlands
— from The 2007 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Long practice alone can insure the requisite certainty and quickness of manipulation, and the eye must be highly educated to its work before it can achieve off-hand, and, by a sort of accomplished instinct, the beautiful shapes which are thus rapidly produced.
— from Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. IX.—February, 1851.—Vol. II. by Various

Imports - commodities: foodstuffs, manufactured goods, machinery and transport equipment, medicines and chemicals, textiles Imports - partners: China 14.7%, Libya 14.7%, Saudi Arabia 8.9%, UK 8.7%, France 6.7% (1999) Debt - external: $24.9 billion (2000 est.)
— from The 2001 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

'Your last letter put many thoughts into my head, and made me anxious to explain many things which I feel sure you do not know about my conduct since I left London, and the letters I have written to you.
— from The Lake by George Moore

There is a scale of miles attached to each map; thus on the map of Massachusetts, if you wish to find the distance, in miles, from Boston to Providence, you must measure the distance and compare it with the scale, and it will be found to be about forty miles.
— from The Boston School Atlas, Embracing a Compendium of Geography by B. Franklin (Benjamin Franklin) Edmands