There the herds they keep Close-pent in byres, nor any grass is seen Upon the plain, nor leaves upon the tree:
— from The Georgics by Virgil

Neglecta solent incendia sumere vires —A fire, 30 if neglected, always gathers in strength.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

Well-being, as you understand it—is certainly not a goal; it seems to us an END; a condition which at once renders man ludicrous and contemptible—and makes his destruction DESIRABLE!
— from Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Now a genuine imported Sahib from England would have made a great to-do over this tale.
— from Kim by Rudyard Kipling

d ye're glaikit; I'm tauld the muse ye hae negleckit; An, gif it's sae, ye sud by lickit
— from Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns

3 Confucius not a God It should be noted that Confucius himself is not a god, though he has been and is worshipped (66,000 animals used to be offered to him every year; probably the number is about the same now).
— from Myths and Legends of China by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner

It is a matter of no small national pride that the translation into the English language of a work so near American geographical interests should have been done by an American, rather than emanate from the Hakluyt Society or other British sources, from which we usually derive such valuable translations and compilations of old explorations and the doings of the first explorers.
— from Vitus Bering: the Discoverer of Bering Strait by Peter Lauridsen

With thee in days of old I trod Each spot beloved by nymph and God; I stood with thee in proud delight On Mandar's side and Meru's height; With thee, my lord, enchanted strayed In Chaitraratha's 1013 lovely shade, And viewed each fairest scene afar Transported in thy radiant car.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

There was not a guard in sight without the palace, due, I presume, to the fact that the city and palace walls were considered impregnable, and so I came close and peered within.
— from A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs

And though they scatter now and go, In some far century, sad and slow, I have a vision, and I know
— from The Ballad of the White Horse by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

They had many fruits that were new to me, and some that were new and greatly improved species of kinds that I had already seen and eaten in my own or other countries.
— from Mizora: A Prophecy A MSS. Found Among the Private Papers of the Princess Vera Zarovitch by Mary E. Bradley Lane

“I’ll go, now, and get it,” said Rollo.
— from Rollo's Experiments by Jacob Abbott

They likewise allowed each daughter thirty pounds a year for dress and pocket money, and would have strongly resented an insinuation that they were not acting generously in so doing.
— from Lady Cassandra by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.

"Why not?" asked Grace in surprise.
— from The Blue Lights: A Detective Story by Frederic Arnold Kummer

But even with that expedition—so noble and glorious in some respects—six millions and a fraction were the whole expenses.
— from Thirty Years' View (Vol. 2 of 2) or, A History of the Working of the American Government for Thirty Years, from 1820 to 1850 by Thomas Hart Benton

The good name alone gives it some value, and can exist quite well without it.
— from The Dramatic Works of G. E. Lessing Miss Sara Sampson, Philotas, Emilia Galotti, Nathan the Wise by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

All the same, if any of the others had shown me anything nearly as good, I should have been more than satisfied.
— from The New Gulliver, and Other Stories by Barry Pain

I think I should know how to educate a boy, but not a girl; I should be in danger of making her too learned….
— from A New Atmosphere by Gail Hamilton