Quasi vero mensuram ullius rei possit agere, qui sui nesciat.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

197 B 38 THE GALLIC WAR, 58-50 B.C. (2) Naval Battle with the Veneti, 56 B.C. Una erat magno usui res praeparata a nostris,—falces praeacutae insertae affixaeque longuriis non absimili forma muralium falcium.
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce

He is aware of the absurdity of mankind framing their whole lives according to Homer; just as in the Phaedrus he intimates the absurdity of interpreting mythology upon rational principles; both these were the modern tendencies of his own age, which he deservedly ridicules.
— from The Republic of Plato by Plato

"If you get your monkey up," retorted Pao-yü, "why, then let you
— from Hung Lou Meng, or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel, Book I by Xueqin Cao

Nam, si quid ab homine ad nullam partem utili utilitatis tuae causa detraxeris, inhumane feceris contraque naturae legem; sin autem is tu sis, qui multam utilitatem rei publicae atque hominum societati, si in vita remaneas, afferre possis, si quid ob eam causam alteri detraxeris, non sit reprehendendum.
— from De Officiis by Marcus Tullius Cicero

[2] ; en habiéndose aumentado o disminuido las horas de trabajo; en habiéndose introducido una máquina, un instrumento, un proceder cualquiera, que a la vez que los asombra, facilita y minora las faenas; en anunciando los aguinaldos sobre las cercas y los matorrales que pronto llegarán los amos; en concediéndoseles un pedazo de tierra para que hagan, concluida la zafra, sus conucos ; en dejándoles desmochar guano para cubrir los bohíos ; la ocasión que se mata una res para partirla en raciones; la ocasión que se muda el mayoral que los apuraba demasiado.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

Furthermore, in spite of Bering's most urgent representations, Pissarjeff continued to retain his position in Okhotsk; and, although the government threatened the Siberian authorities with the sternest punishments, still the latter only very inactively participated in the work of the expedition.
— from Vitus Bering: the Discoverer of Bering Strait by Peter Lauridsen

Throw myself upon Roch, place him beyond the power of doing harm—strike him—kill him—yes, kill him!
— from Facing the Flag by Jules Verne

"The Dauphin commanded at that time the King's Army in Champaign, and had reduced that of the Emperor to such extremities, that it must have entirely perished, had not the Duchess d'Etampes, for fear too great successes should make us refuse peace, and the Emperor's alliance in favour of the Duke of Orleans, secretly advised the enemy to surprise Espemai and Cheteau-Thieni, in which places were great magazines of provisions; they succeeded in the attempt, and by that means saved their whole army.
— from The Princess of Cleves by Madame de (Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne) La Fayette

Made under royal patronage in the house originally occupied by Jean Gobelin, a wool dyer in Paris, temp.
— from Phrases and Names, Their Origins and Meanings by Trench H. Johnson

The thought that when next we saw the sea, it would be at Calais, made us realize, perhaps more than we had as yet done, the difficulty and length of the voyage we had undertaken across the breadth of Europe and Asia.
— from From Pekin to Calais by Land by Harry De Windt

I swear to you, so may my upward route Prosper!
— from The Divine Comedy by Dante, Illustrated, Purgatory, Volume 2 by Dante Alighieri

The Dubois were subsequently dismissed as incompetent, and the venture was in danger of abandonment; but after many vicissitudes De Fulvy’s perseverance was crowned with success, and in 1745 he was able to form a company for the manufacture under royal privilege.
— from A Book of Porcelain: Fine examples in the Victoria & Albert Museum by Bernard Rackham

The most uncompromising rabbis pronounced a curse over frequenters of the theatre, and raised abstinence from its pleasures to the dignity of a meritorious action, inasmuch as it was the scene of idolatrous practices, and its habitués violated the admonition contained in the first verse of the psalms.
— from Jewish Literature and Other Essays by Gustav Karpeles