On the side of the Athenians, the heavy infantry throughout the whole army formed eight deep, being in numbers equal to the enemy, with the cavalry upon the two wings.
— from The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides

When they saw this, and that there would be no end to these evils, they by joint counsels made an humble address to their king, desiring him to choose which of the two kingdoms he had the greatest mind to keep, since he could not hold both; for they were too great a people to be governed by a divided king, since no man would willingly have a groom that should be in common between him and another.
— from Utopia by More, Thomas, Saint

And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east; they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the Lord, and shall not find it.
— from Pascal's Pensées by Blaise Pascal

If the capitals were equal, or nearly equal, therefore, this employment of the French capital would augment much more the revenue of the people of France, than that of the English capital would the revenue of the people of England.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

And, on the other hand, of the unjust I say that the greater number, even though they escape in their youth, are found out at last and look foolish at the end of their course, and when they come to be old and miserable are flouted alike by stranger and citizen; they are beaten and E then come those things unfit for ears polite, as you truly term them; they will be racked and have their eyes burned out, as you were saying.
— from The Republic of Plato by Plato

to d' hoti beltion ên || 182 tôn t' allôn hekastô toioutô tên physin hyparchein, hoionper kai nyn esti, tois t' enterois ek dyoin homoiôn chitônôn synkeisthai, tês peri chreias moriôn pragmateias estin.
— from Galen: On the Natural Faculties by Galen

Not every Thought to every Thought succeeds indifferently.
— from Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes

I see we shall not be able to do the business to-night, for our numbers are not equal to the enemy, and in the morning they will be for marching off, and how can we detain them without force?'
— from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe

[349] Among definite changes in the current morality of the Græco-Roman civilised world, which are to be attributed mainly if not entirely to the extension and intensification of sympathy due to Christianity, the following may be especially noted: (1) the severe condemnation and final suppression of the practice of exposing infants; (2) effective abhorrence of the barbarism of gladiatorial combats; (3) immediate moral mitigation of slavery, and a strong encouragement of emancipation; (4) great extension of the eleemosynary provision made for the sick and poor.
— from The Methods of Ethics by Henry Sidgwick

There was no evidence to that effect.
— from The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar by Maurice Leblanc

And, on my life, I will not eat them,' The eagle said.
— from Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes by Jean de La Fontaine

If, says the Nouvelliste —whence I obtain this information—nobility will not ensure talent, this elevation proves at least that talent will sometimes ensure nobility.
— from The Harmonicon. Part the First by Various

It has been said that the second edition (Amsterdam, 1709) was limited to 100 copies, but there is no evidence to that effect.
— from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius

And He said to them, "Come ye apart into a desert place and rest awhile," for there were many coming and going, and they had not even time to eat.
— from The Life of Our Lord in Simple Language for Little Children by Anonymous

The difference of past and present means of communication are so great, that it is no easy task to enter into a discussion on the subject; but it leads one to gravely consider what is said in the 90th Psalm: "So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom."
— from Lectures on Popular and Scientific Subjects by Caithness, James Sinclair, 14th earl of

It had already been determined by Governor Young and his associates that such an army with such objects in view should not enter the Territory, even if it had to be prevented by force of arms.
— from The Life of John Taylor Third President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints by B. H. (Brigham Henry) Roberts

A great deal, no doubt, was due to Foch and the unity of command; but that unity did not extend to the East nor account for the debacle of Bulgaria and Turkey.
— from A Short History of the Great War by A. F. (Albert Frederick) Pollard

I do not buy any fancy foods, but on the other hand, I do not especially try to economize; I buy what I want of the simple everyday foods in their season.
— from The Book of Life by Upton Sinclair

Another hypothesis (Swann’s) is that the same “penetrating radiation” that, as we have seen, helps to ionize the lower atmosphere has the effect of driving downward a stream of electrons detached from the air molecules, thus maintaining a constant supply of negative electricity to the earth.
— from Meteorology: The Science of the Atmosphere by Charles Fitzhugh Talman

When people start on a journey, who can tell if they will return, or at least return the same as they went, Is it not expedient then to exchange one's last bequests, especially if each is disposed to bequeath body and soul to the other.
— from The Dead Lake, and Other Tales by Paul Heyse