Well then, that Imperfection of Self-Control is not Confirmed Viciousness is plain: and yet perhaps it is such in a way, because in one sense it is contrary to moral choice and in another the result of it: at all events, in respect of the actions, the case is much like what Demodocus said of the Miletians.
— from The Ethics of Aristotle by Aristotle

You may wonder what his rigmarole, his amateur Paganini performances on one string or on twenty, have to do with your planting, and yet prefer it to leached ashes or plaster.
— from Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau

“Pathetic Slav,” said the President, “tragic child of Poland, are you prepared in the presence of that card to deny that you are in this company—shall we say de trop?”
— from The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

Horace Greeley——” I said, impressively: “Suffering stranger, proceed at your peril.
— from Roughing It by Mark Twain

If you try to please all, you please none.
— from The Aesop for Children With pictures by Milo Winter by Aesop

You will be at liberty to talk literature, travels, politics, anything you please, and you need not refrain from anecdotes.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

We are glad the Dauphin is so pleasant with us; His present and your pains we thank you for.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

Under this principle alone you protect our weaker neighbors of Cuba, Honduras, and Nicaragua.
— from The Brothers' War by John C. (John Calvin) Reed

Put away your papers and get something on your stomach.
— from The Eternal City by Caine, Hall, Sir

“You know the part perfectly, and your pronunciation will have to do.
— from The Girl from the Big Horn Country by Mary Ellen Chase

Some day he will come to your arms for forgiveness and to make amends for the past, asking your pardon for all he has made you suffer: suffering is quickly forgotten, God be thanked! in loving arms, pardon is soon granted to the beloved who gave pain.”
— from The Hero of the People: A Historical Romance of Love, Liberty and Loyalty by Alexandre Dumas

The loftier walks of Pindus are your proper region.
— from The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 by Charles Lamb

Perish your Puritanism, and your prayer-books too!
— from Bunyan Characters (2nd Series) by Alexander Whyte

Put away your pipe; you play the balalaika well.
— from Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 by Adam Mickiewicz

"You in one pot and your precious Dorothy in another.
— from The Unknown Night Watches, Part 7. by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs

Keep these two protectors about your person day and night; they will not harm you, and you may want one or the other or both before you think of it.”
— from The Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes: An Index of the Project Gutenberg Editions by Oliver Wendell Holmes

"Didn't he take any precautions against you people at all?"
— from The Common Man by Mack Reynolds