[Pg 191] The whole process of spiritual healing must be remodelled on a physiological basis: the "sting of conscience" as such is an obstacle in the way of recovery—as soon as possible the attempt must be made to counterbalance everything by means of new actions, so that there may be an escape from the morbidness of self-torture....
— from The Will to Power: An Attempted Transvaluation of All Values. Book I and II by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

This same will to blindness prevails in a much coarser form in the case of the founders of religion; their "Thou shalt" must on no account sound to their ears like "I will,"—they only dare to pursue their task as if under the command of God; their legislation of values can only be a burden they can bear if they regard it as "revelation," in this way their conscience is not crushed by the responsibility.
— from The Will to Power: An Attempted Transvaluation of All Values. Book III and IV by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

"He would see Dobbin again in the morning; he must on no account say that he had been there.
— from Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

They appeal to the better mind of nations; and sometimes they are too much for merely temporal interests to resist.
— from The Republic of Plato by Plato

Nor, that, when we met one night, and spoke together in the room yonder, over the way, she listened at the door.’
— from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

All parts of the world, (all things I mean that are contained within the whole world), must of necessity at some time or other come to corruption.
— from Meditations by Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius

" "Not so," replied I; "besides your motion of Northward and Southward, there is another motion which I call from right to left.
— from Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (Illustrated) by Edwin Abbott Abbott

The scout master and patrol leader should be present, in order to settle the many questions which must of necessity arise, so that there may be no need of differences or quarrels over disputed points, which would be sure to spoil the outing.
— from Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 by Boy Scouts of America

The person who draws it must on no account speak to anyone either on his way to, or from the fountain, and must be particularly careful not to spill a single drop from the pitcher.
— from Guernsey Folk Lore a collection of popular superstitions, legendary tales, peculiar customs, proverbs, weather sayings, etc., of the people of that island by MacCulloch, Edgar, Sir

We must on no account suppose that the expressions living, wise, [19] seeing, hearing, and so on, when applied to God mean the same thing as when we ascribe them to ourselves.
— from A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy by Isaac Husik

All our neighbors had kept very quiet for a long period, and during this peace I made every effort to constitute the government according to my own notions, and strengthen the army in numbers and efficiency.
— from Niels Klim's journey under the ground being a narrative of his wonderful descent to the subterranean lands; together with an account of the sensible animals and trees inhabiting the planet Nazar and the firmament. by Ludvig Holberg

He was content with what he had done—content to have met once, not as soldier to chief, but as man to man, the tyrant who held his fate.
— from Under Two Flags by Ouida

The senate, as in duty bound, upheld their contention; and suffering and disease would have reigned in the Roman camp, had not Gracchus visited the cities in person and prevailed on them to send the necessary help.[583] On another occasion envoys from Micipsa of Numidia are said to have appeared at Rome and offered a supply of corn for the Sardinian army.
— from A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate by A. H. J. (Abel Hendy Jones) Greenidge

596 Natures, which are made by God, may increase, because they began to be; they may decrease, because they were made of nothing, and so tend to nothing; the condition of their original leads them to defect, and the power of their Creator brings them to increase.
— from The Existence and Attributes of God, Volumes 1 and 2 by Stephen Charnock

A right spirit indeed gains some insight into the meaning of nature, and so the Scripture writers seem to be preserved from incorporating into their productions much of the scientific error of their day.
— from Systematic Theology (Volume 1 of 3) by Augustus Hopkins Strong