It comes then to this: since the faculties whereby we always attain truth and are never deceived when dealing with matter Necessary or even Contingent are Knowledge, Practical Wisdom, Science, and Intuition, and the faculty which takes in First Principles cannot be any of the three first; the last, namely Intuition, must be it which performs this function.
— from The Ethics of Aristotle by Aristotle

The lots in provinces and towns will be sold by auction, and paid for, not in money, but in work.
— from The Jewish State by Theodor Herzl

The revenues of the ancient Saxon kings of England are said to have been paid, not in money, but in kind, that is, in victuals and provisions of all sorts.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

I live not in myself, but I become Portion of that around me; and to me, High mountains are a feeling, but the hum Of human cities torture: I can see Nothing to loathe in Nature, save to be A link reluctant in a fleshly chain, Classed among creatures, when the soul can flee,
— from Childe Harold's Pilgrimage by Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron

And to-morrow when I pass in my litter by the bridge of the idol-buyers, I will look at you through the muslin veils, I will look at you, Narraboth, it may be I will smile at you.
— from Salomé: A Tragedy in One Act by Oscar Wilde

64 It is not in Montaigne, but in myself, that I find all that I see in him.
— from Pascal's Pensées by Blaise Pascal

When I throw myself against an obstacle, I have a sensation of hindrance and trouble; but the force causing this sensation is not in me, but in the obstacle, and is consequently outside the circle of my perception.
— from The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life by Émile Durkheim

'The foundations of man are not in matter, but in spirit.
— from Nature by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Therefore, among the true interests which a government should represent, nationality itself must be included.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

But to-day no intelligent man believes in the existence of devils—no intelligent man believes that evil spirits cause disease—consequently, no intelligent person believes that holy bones or rags, sacred hairs or pieces of wood, can drive disease out, or in any way bring back to the pallid cheek the rose of health.
— from The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Complete Contents Dresden Edition—Twelve Volumes by Robert Green Ingersoll

" Now, if my body is full of light, can my mind be full of perplexity?
— from The Lord's Coming. Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, vol. II by Charles Henry Mackintosh

Their love alone matters to me; and it does not interest me because it moves me or astonishes me, or because it softens me or makes me think, but because it recalls to my mind a remembrance of my youth, a strange recollection of a hunting adventure where Love appeared to me, as the Cross appeared to the early Christians, in the midst of the heavens.
— from A Selection from the Writings of Guy De Maupassant, Vol. I by Guy de Maupassant

"2. Every animal faculty, of whatever nature it may be, is an organic phenomenon, and results from a system of organs or an organ-apparatus which gives rise to it and upon which it is necessarily dependent.
— from Form and Function: A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell

It was all very vague, but it narrowed itself down to the point that if that were Louis's transfer it could be proved; and if not it must be investigated further.
— from The Gold Bag by Carolyn Wells

"You boys may sneer—you are sneering now, Aultane, but——" [262] "No, indeed, Miss Beauclerc," interrupted Aultane, "I would not do such a thing as sneer in your presence.
— from Mildred Arkell: A Novel. Vol. 2 (of 3) by Wood, Henry, Mrs.