If the enemy's forces are in detachments, or are too much extended, the decisive point is his center; for by piercing that, his forces will be more divided, their weakness increased, and the fractions may be crushed separately.
— from The Art of War by Jomini, Antoine Henri, baron de

Magmangnù (magmangnù) ka kanúnay arun dì ka masayup, Be careful so that you won’t commit any mistakes.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

I realized that I must be careful, so I changed the subject.
— from The Gay Cockade by Temple Bailey

At present, the value of the tea annually imported by the English East India company, for the use of their own countrymen, amounts to more than a million and a half a year; and even this is not enough; a great deal more being constantly smuggled into the country from the ports of Holland, from Gottenburgh in Sweden, and from the coast of France, too, as long as the French East India company was in prosperity.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

The merchant bowed: “Certainly, sir.”
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

The King, who had a quick Discerning, relieved him from the Oppression he was under; and with the most beautiful Complacency said to him, "Sir, do not add to that Load of Sorrow I see in your Countenance, the Awe of my Presence: Think you are speaking to your Friend; if the Circumstances of your Distress will admit of it, you shall find me so."
— from The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Steele, Richard, Sir

This takes me before churches, Sunday-schools, Christian Endeavour Societies, and men's and women's clubs.
— from Up from Slavery: An Autobiography by Booker T. Washington

'And please, sir, missis wants to know whether Mr. Bumble can spare time to step up there, directly, and flog him—'cause master's out.' 'Certainly, my boy; certainly,' said the gentleman in the white waistcoat: smiling benignly, and patting Noah's head, which was about three inches higher than his own.
— from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

The reader has not, perhaps, forgotten that one moment before catching sight of the nocturnal band of vagabonds, Quasimodo, as he inspected Paris from the heights of his bell tower, perceived only one light burning, which gleamed like a star from a window on the topmost story of a lofty edifice beside the Porte Saint-Antoine.
— from Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo

THE CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS LONDON AND EDINBURGH THE MARUZEN-KABUSHIKI-KAISHA TOKYO, OSAKA, KYOTO, FUKUOKA, SENDAI THE MISSION BOOK COMPANY SHANGHAI KARL W. HIERSEMANN LEIPZIG
— from Chapters in Rural Progress by Kenyon L. (Kenyon Leech) Butterfield

By the way, I have lately discovered I have quite a talent for cleaning, sweeping up hearths, dusting rooms, making beds, &c.; so, if everything else fails, I can turn my hand to that, if anybody will give me good wages for little labour.
— from The Life of Charlotte Brontë — Volume 1 by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

The next moment I descried in the distance two sepoys making off with a standard, which I determined must be captured, so I rode after the rebels and overtook them, and while wrenching the staff out of the hands of one of them, whom I cut down, the other put his musket close to my body and fired; fortunately for me it missed fire, and I carried off the standard .
— from Forty-one years in India: from subaltern to commander-in-chief by Roberts, Frederick Sleigh Roberts, Earl

There must be complete silence preserved."
— from Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions — Volume 1 by Frank Harris

Those of the passengers that listed took their places at this improvised banqueting board, and by the time the puchero was served—a savory stew composed of chopped meat, beans, carrots, spices, and any little thing the cook's fancy may suggest—we were moving out of the basin, past the curved mole and the light-house, and toy battery at its end.
— from Spanish Vistas by George Parsons Lathrop

(since 20 May 2006); Rafi al-ISSAWI (since 19 July 2008) cabinet: 36 ministers appointed by the Presidency Council, plus Prime Minister Nuri al-MALIKI and Deputy Prime Ministers Barham SALIH and Rafi al-ISSAWI elections: held 15 December 2005 to elect a 275-member Council of Representatives Ireland chief of state: President Mary MCALEESE (since 11 November 1997) head of government: Prime Minister Brian COWEN (since 7 May 2008) cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president with previous nomination by the prime minister and approval of the House of Representatives elections: president elected by popular vote for a seven-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held 31 October 1997 (next scheduled for October 2011); note - Mary MCALEESE appointed to a second term when no other candidate qualified for the 2004 presidential election; prime minister (taoiseach) nominated by the House of Representatives and appointed by the president election results: Mary MCALEESE elected president; percent of vote - Mary MCALEESE 44.8%, Mary BANOTTI 29.6% note: government coalition - Fianna Fail, the Green Party, the Progressive Democrats (disbanding), and independent members of Parliament Isle of Man chief of state: Lord of Mann Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by Lieutenant Governor Sir Paul K. HADDACKS (since 17 October 2005) head of government: Chief Minister Tony BROWN (since 14 December 2006)
— from The 2009 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

“They must be conquered some day,” she exclaimed.
— from Ronald Morton; or, the Fire Ships: A Story of the Last Naval War by William Henry Giles Kingston

MRS. BRAMSON ( calling shrilly ): Mr. Laurie!
— from Night Must Fall : a Play in Three Acts by Emlyn Williams

Not that Maggie was foolish; she did not hang about Martin all the time, she never, so far as Mrs. Bolitho could see, kissed him or fondled him, or was with him when he did not want her.
— from The Captives by Hugh Walpole