My dear fellow, whatever you may say, it is merely a dramatic utterance, and no more represents Shakespeare’s real views upon art than the speeches of Iago represent his real views upon morals.
— from Intentions by Oscar Wilde

it had occurred to him that the ranch underneath the new Morgan ranch still belonged to Hyde, that his title to the ground was just as good as it had ever been, and therefore he was of opinion that Hyde had a right to dig it out from under there
— from Roughing It by Mark Twain

Who the eight settlers were that Nattestad met, remains somewhat uncertain, but it does not seem unlikely that it was the four last mentioned, and some of the first explorers, who are named as Charles Tuttle, Dennis Mills, Milton S. Warner, and William S. Murrey.
— from A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States From the Earliest Beginning down to the Year 1848 by George T. (George Tobias) Flom

O Libertad Turn O Libertad, for the war is over, From it and all henceforth expanding, doubting no more, resolute, sweeping the world, Turn from lands retrospective recording proofs of the past, From the singers that sing the trailing glories of the past, From the chants of the feudal world, the triumphs of kings, slavery, caste, Turn to the world, the triumphs reserv'd and to come—give up that backward world, Leave to the singers of hitherto, give them the trailing past, But what remains remains for singers for you—wars to come are for you, (Lo, how the wars of the past have duly inured to you, and the wars of the present also inure;) Then turn, and be not alarm'd
— from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

She kissed Edna upon the shoulder, and whispered: “Bonne nuit, ma reine; soyez sage.”
— from The Awakening, and Selected Short Stories by Kate Chopin

Why should not Man, Retaining still Divine similitude In part, from such deformities be free,
— from Paradise Lost by John Milton

I’m never my real self for a moment.”
— from Bliss, and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield

As a matter of fact, you must not be misled in attributing sexual misuse of the child by its nearest male relatives solely and always to phantasy.
— from A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud

Nay, now, My ruins shall not come alone; your match I'll hinder sure: my substance shall not glue you, Nor screw you into a family.
— from Volpone; Or, The Fox by Ben Jonson

Et mihi res, non me rebus, subjungere conor —My aim ever is to subject circumstances to myself, not myself to them.
— 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.

“Our poor Therese has had a bad night,” Madame Raquin said to him, as soon as he had seated himself.
— from Theresa Raquin by Émile Zola

Never did base and rotten policy Colour her working with such deadly wounds; Nor never could the noble Mortimer Receive so many, and all willingly.
— from The First Part of King Henry the Fourth by William Shakespeare

Next morning rose still fair and bright, though Adam declared it would be the last day of the fine weather.
— from It was a Lover and His Lass by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

In the North, where they are stricter and more numerous, many Raskolniks still have conscientious scruples about using tobacco and putting sugar in their tea.
— from Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 15, No. 88, April, 1875 by Various

Softly Mary Gordon and I withdrew, taking care that no more rotten sticks should snap beneath our feet.
— from The Standard Bearer by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett

Mr. Isaac Seligman invited us to dine en famille , and arranged for me to call at Messrs. N. M. Rothschild & Sons', where I was very pleasantly received by Baron Alfred Charles de Rothschild, who showed me through his magnificent banking establishment and offered to send me a letter to the Paris Rothschild firm.
— from Under Four Administrations, from Cleveland to Taft Recollections of Oscar S. Straus ... by Oscar S. (Oscar Solomon) Straus

" Non, monsieur ," replied Selwyn, " je n'ai pas l'honneur; je ne suis qu'un amateur ."
— from The Dungeons of Old Paris Being the Story and Romance of the Most Celebrated Prisons of the Monarchy and the Revolution by Tighe Hopkins