And so of the good things of this life: if God did not by a very visible liberality confer these on some of those persons who ask for them, we should say that these good things were not at His disposal; and if He gave them to all who sought them, we should suppose that such were the only rewards of His service; and such a service would make us not godly, but greedy rather, and covetous.
— from The City of God, Volume I by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

Ug mualas utsu na gánì, lakaw na lang, If it gets to be eight o’clock, just go on ahead.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

Make us not go to Tityus nor Typhoeus; This one can give of that which here is longed for; Therefore stoop down, and do not curl thy lip.
— from Divine Comedy, Longfellow's Translation, Hell by Dante Alighieri

The duke and duchess were extremely glad to see how readily Don Quixote fell in with their scheme; but at this moment Sancho observed, "I hope this senora duenna won't be putting any difficulties in the way of the promise of my government; for I have heard a Toledo apothecary, who talked like a goldfinch, say that where duennas were mixed up nothing good could happen.
— from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

And, as this resolution was arrived at after mature deliberation, and from the conviction that both the safety of the mine, and discipline of the pits, are seriously endangered, by having the deputies subject to the restrictions imposed by the Miners' Union, no good can possibly arise from any discussion of the subject at a meeting of the two Associations.
— from A History of the Durham Miner's Association 1870-1904 by John Wilson

Iceland fish and fish products 70%, aluminum, animal products, ferrosilicon, diatomite India petroleum products, textile goods, gems and jewelry, engineering goods, chemicals, leather manufactures Indonesia oil and gas, electrical appliances, plywood, textiles, rubber Iran petroleum 80%, chemical and petrochemical products, fruits and nuts, carpets Iraq crude oil 84%, crude materials excluding fuels 8%, food and live animals 5% Ireland machinery and equipment, computers, chemicals, pharmaceuticals; live animals, animal products Isle of Man tweeds, herring, processed shellfish, beef, lamb Israel machinery and equipment, software, cut diamonds, agricultural products, chemicals, textiles and apparel Italy engineering products, textiles and clothing, production machinery, motor vehicles, transport equipment, chemicals; food, beverages and tobacco; minerals, and nonferrous metals Jamaica alumina, bauxite, sugar, rum, coffee, yams, beverages, chemicals, wearing apparel, mineral fuels Japan transport equipment, motor vehicles, semiconductors, electrical machinery, chemicals Jersey light industrial and electrical goods, dairy cattle, foodstuffs, textiles Jordan clothing, fertilizers, potash, phosphates, vegetables, pharmaceuticals Kazakhstan oil and oil products 59%, ferrous metals 19%, chemicals 5%, machinery 3%, grain, wool, meat, coal (2001) Kenya tea, horticultural products, coffee, petroleum products, fish, cement Kiribati copra 62%, coconuts, seaweed, fish Korea, North minerals, metallurgical products, manufactures (including armaments), textiles, agricultural and fishery products Korea, South semiconductors, wireless telecommunications equipment, motor vehicles, computers, steel, ships, petrochemicals Kosovo mining and processed metal products, scrap metals, leather products, machinery, appliances Kuwait oil and refined products, fertilizers Kyrgyzstan cotton, wool, meat, tobacco; gold, mercury, uranium, natural gas, hydropower; machinery; shoes Laos wood products, coffee, electricity, tin, copper, gold Latvia wood and wood products, machinery and equipment, metals, textiles, foodstuffs Lebanon jewelry, base metals, chemicals, miscellaneous consumer goods, fruit and vegetables, tobacco, construction minerals, electric power machinery and switchgear, textile fibers, paper
— from The 2009 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Depuis que je ne vis plus pour moi, mais pour toi et les enfants, j'ai goûté moi-même un nouveau genre de bonheur mêlé de nouvelles tristesses.
— from Philip Gilbert Hamerton An Autobiography, 1834-1858, and a Memoir by His Wife, 1858-1894 by Eugénie Hamerton

That's how some of the men and my uncle Nick got to slip off to the north that way.
— from Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Oklahoma Narratives by United States. Work Projects Administration

"Those people surely mean us no good," said Rinkitink uneasily to the boy.
— from Rinkitink in Oz Wherein Is Recorded the Perilous Quest of Prince Inga of Pingaree and King Rinkitink in the Magical Isles That Lie Beyond the Borderland of Oz by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum

This [1] Sea that bares her bosom to the moon; 5 The winds that will be howling at all hours, And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers; For this, for every thing, we are out of tune; It moves us not.—Great God!
— from The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 4 (of 8) by William Wordsworth

this is most unfortunate... not get down till eleven...
— from Afterwards, and Other Stories by Ian Maclaren

Industrial exports include gold, mercury, uranium, natural gas, and electricity.
— from The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency