[In the reception-room and the drawing-room nobody remains except LUBOV ANDREYEVNA, who sits huddled up and weeping bitterly.
— from Plays by Anton Chekhov, Second Series by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Rien ne s'anéantit; non, rien, et la matière, / Comme un fleuve éternel, roule toujours entière —Nothing is annihilated, no, nothing; matter, like an ever-flowing stream, still rolls on undiminished.
— 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.

Are there not rather endless levels beyond the grave, as the theory that he had censured teaches?
— from Howards End by E. M. (Edward Morgan) Forster

I told you I thought I was not respectable enough long ago—and on that account I didn't want to marry you, only—only you urged me!" She broke into sobs, and turned her back to him.
— from Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman by Thomas Hardy

Ricominciar, come noi restammo, ei l'antico verso; e quando a noi fuor giunti, fenno una rota di se' tutti e trei.
— from Divina Commedia di Dante: Inferno by Dante Alighieri

In other words, society admits no rights, either legal or moral, in the disappointed competitors, to immunity from this kind of suffering; and feels called on to interfere, only when means of success have been employed which it is contrary to the general interest to permit—namely, fraud or treachery, and force.
— from On Liberty by John Stuart Mill

Now, here there comes in a notion of causality justified by the critique of the pure reason, although not capable of being presented empirically, viz., that of freedom; and if we can now discover means of proving that this property does in fact belong to the human will (and so to the will of all rational beings), then it will not only be shown that pure reason can be practical, but that it alone, and not reason empirically limited, is indubitably practical; consequently, we shall have to make a critical examination, not of pure practical reason, but only of practical reason generally.
— from The Critique of Practical Reason by Immanuel Kant

Exeunt ACT V. SCENE I. Plains near Rome Enter LUCIUS with an army of GOTHS with drums and colours LUCIUS.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

In the interview of Paulus Aemilius and Perses, Belisarius might study his part; but it is probable that he never read either Livy or Plutarch; and it is certain that his generosity did not need a tutor.]
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

301 They had not really enjoyed looking for the smugglers’ cave.
— from The House of Arden: A Story for Children by E. (Edith) Nesbit

"At night returning, every labour sped, He sits him down, the monarch of a shed.
— from Under the Storm by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

Dum Phœbo comes ire parat, mentemque capacem Vidit uterque polus, nec Grajum cana vetustas Hunc latuit; veterum nunc prisca numismata regum Eruit, & Latias per mystica templa ruinas: Æstimat ille forum, & vasti fundamina Circi, Cumque ruinoso Capitolia prisca theatro, Et dominos colles altaeque palatia Romæ : Regales notat inde domos, ut mole superba Surgat apex, molles quae tecta imitantur Ionas , civ:2 Qualia Romulea , Gothica quae marmora dextra, Quicquid Tuscus habet, mira panduntur ab arte.
— from Sylva; Or, A Discourse of Forest Trees. Vol. 1 (of 2) by John Evelyn

President Gustavo NOBOA Bejarano (since 22 January 2000) selected president following coup that deposed President MAHUAD; Vice President Pedro PINTO Rubianes (since 28 January 2000) elected by National Congress from a slate of candidates submitted by President NABOA; note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government head of government: President Gustavo NOBOA Bejarano (since 22 January 2000) selected president following coup that deposed President MAHUAD; Vice President Pedro PINTO Rubianes (since 28 January 2000) elected by National Congress from a slate of candidates submitted by President NABOA; note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president elections: president and vice president elected on the same ticket by popular vote for four-year term (no reelection); election last held 31 May 1998; runoff election held 12 July 1998 (next to be held NA 2002) election results: results of the last election prior to the coup were: Jamil MAHUAD elected president; percent of vote - 51% note: a military-indigenous coup toppled democratically elected President Jamil MAHAUD on 21 January 2000; the military quickly handed power over to Vice President Gustavo NOBOA on 22 January; National Congress then elected a new vice president from a slate of candidates submitted by NOBOA; the new administration is scheduled to complete the remainder of MAHAUD's term, due to expire in January 2003 Legislative branch: unicameral National Congress or Congreso Nacional (121 seats; 79 members are popularly elected at-large nationally to serve four-year terms; 42 members are popularly elected by province - two per province - for four-year terms) elections: last held 31 May 1998 (next to be held NA 2002) election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - DP 32, PSC 27, PRE 24, ID 18, P-NP 9, FRA 5, PCE 3, MPD 2, CFP 1; note - defections by members of National Congress are commonplace, resulting in frequent changes in the numbers of seats held by the various parties Judicial branch: Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (new justices are elected by the full Supreme Court)
— from The 2001 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

ACT V. SCENE I. Plains near Rome Enter LUCIUS with an army of GOTHS with drums and colours LUCIUS.
— from Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare

“Oh, no,” replied Euphrosyne, laughing.
— from The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance by Harriet Martineau

Les Noms Romains et les Dignités mentionnées dans les Légendes des Monnaiés Impériales Romaines .
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 11, April, 1870 to September, 1870 by Various

And they were grievances which, however annoying, did not render either life or property unsafe, [1] and did not prevent the Johannesburgers from enjoying life and acquiring wealth.
— from Impressions of South Africa by Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount

I think that in a very little while he will adapt himself to what goes on around him, and that you will have no reason ere long to complain of his gaucheries.
— from In the Reign of Terror: The Adventures of a Westminster Boy by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty