Unfortunately the attempted cure had a contrary effect, and when I complained of the painful irritation produced, I learned that my constitution was not adapted for water cures.
— from My Life — Volume 1 by Richard Wagner

Wisdom which is only theoretical and never put into practice, is like a double rose; its color and perfume are delightful, but it withers away and leaves no seed.
— from The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; Studies in Pessimism by Arthur Schopenhauer

When I got IT pinned in place I liked the brown one better.
— from Anne of the Island by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

This sort of art immediately becomes popular; it passes into language and convention so that its æsthetic charm is apparently worn down.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

He is the father of idealism in philosophy, in politics, in literature.
— from The Republic of Plato by Plato

Stem amât- ACTIVE PASSIVE INDICATIVE PRESENT I love, am loving, do love , etc.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

PASSIVE INDICATIVE PRESENT I love, am loving, do love , etc.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

It is worth recalling here that D'Ogeron, who governed Santo Domingo (p. 72) in 1663 and after, supplied the buccaneers with wives brought from France; and the plan was also put into practice in Louisiana about a century later than the Virginia experiment, and the same expedient, as is well known, was resorted to in Canada.
— from The Beginners of a Nation A History of the Source and Rise of the Earliest English Settlements in America, with Special Reference to the Life and Character of the People by Edward Eggleston

In America there is no police for the prevention of fires, and such accidents are more frequent than in Europe, but in general they are more speedily extinguished, because the surrounding population is prompt in lending assistance.
— from American Institutions and Their Influence by Alexis de Tocqueville

The Greeks, under Pericles, introduced peacocks in large numbers from India.
— from Eccentricities of the Animal Creation. by John Timbs

The price I pay is little," she repeated, using a common Japanese phrase.
— from Historic Tales: The Romance of Reality. Vol. 12 (of 15), Japanese and Chinese by Charles Morris

That is the written Word of the Most High, and any man who, whether under the impulse of vanity or in the sincere belief that he possesses the gift of prophecy, is presumptuous, is likely to become a stumbling block and a rock of offence.
— from The Love That Prevailed by Frank Frankfort Moore

have I paid 90 A price so heavy to ascend this eminence, And jut out high above the common herd, Only to close the mighty part I play In Life's great drama, with a common kinsman?
— from The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Vol 2 (of 2) by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

page iv p. iv london : savill , edwards and co. , chandos street , covent garden .
— from The Religious Life of London by J. Ewing (James Ewing) Ritchie