Hom. 9. voluit urbem tyrannus evertere, et Deus non prohibuit; voluit captivos ducere, non impedivit; voluit ligare, concessit, &c. 3801 .
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

Rhasis , Capivaccius, Hildesheim, &c., all inculcate this as an especial means of their cure, that their [3401] minds be quietly pacified, vain conceits diverted, if it be possible, with terrors, cares, [3402] fixed studies, cogitations, and whatsoever it is that shall any way molest or trouble the soul, because that otherwise there is no good to be done.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

And the third, speaking of the civil wars betwixt Caesar and Pompey, “Victrix causa diis placuit, set victa Catoni.”
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

J'attends tout de même de voir tourner le truc en réel, avec un bon gros bouquin bien lourd, plein de sens… Adobe, l'acrobate, ex-Glassbook, qui, soit dit en passant, va changer de nom d'ici peu, lui, ça fait longtemps qu'il officie dans les réseaux (le PDF, grand classique du genre).
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

Y aunque me tenga por necio, And even if I’m considered a born quiero entrar: que con don Juan fool I’ll go in, for with Don Juan las precauciones no están one’s defence must be planned para vistas con desprecio.
— from Don Juan Tenorio by José Zorrilla

deL grã re della Chijna et La chiamano picis per vno cathiL de argento viuo che e due libre de le noſt e ne dauano ſey ſcutelle [ 226 ] de porcelana per vno quinterno de carta cento picis ꝓ cento ſexanta cathili de metalo vno vazeto de porcelana ꝓ tre cortelli vno vazo de porcelana
— from The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 33, 1519-1522 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century by Antonio Pigafetta

Un banquier, qui a fait fortune, a une partie du caractere requis pour faire des decouvertes en philosophie, c'est-a-dire pour voir clair dans ce qui est.
— from Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

[payment for damage or debt] indemnity, indemnification; quittance; compensation; reparation, redress, satisfaction; reckoning, acknowledgment, requital, amends, sop; atonement, retribution; consideration, return, quid pro quo. salvage, perquisite; vail &c. (donation) 784[obs3].
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

Nindut siyang mupíking sa ‘Báya Kun Díyus’, He plays ‘Vaya Con Dios’ beautifully, plucking the strings.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

Manila, P. I. Page viii Contents Dedication.
— from Lineage, Life and Labors of José Rizal, Philippine Patriot by Austin Craig

The subject is certainly a curious one, and merits full investigation, but presents very considerable difficulties, as many circumstances, which are likely to modify the result, may escape notice during the experiments.
— from A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 14 by Robert Kerr

Amor amore grida tuttol mondo amor amore omne cosa clama, amore amore tanto se profondo chi piu t'abraccia sempre piu t'abrama, amor amor tu se' cerchio rotondo con tuttol cor chi c'entra sempre t'ama, che tu se' stame e trama: chi t'ama per vestire cusi dolce sentire: Che sempre grida amore.
— from Renaissance in Italy, Volume 4 (of 7) Italian Literature, Part 1 by John Addington Symonds

How one who preached that the killing of animals was the greatest sin, and who was a perfect vegetarian, could die from eating pork, is a question that is never asked by our Orientalists, some of whom made (as now do many charitable missionaries in Ceylon) great fun at the alleged occurrence.
— from The Secret Doctrine, Vol. 3 of 4 by H. P. (Helena Petrovna) Blavatsky

A very hollow yet powerful voice, certainly differing greatly from that of Toolemak, then chanted for some time; and a singular medley of hisses, groans, shouts, and gobblings like a turkey’s, followed in swift succession.
— from Curiosities of Superstition, and Sketches of Some Unrevealed Religions by W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport) Adams

The general aspect of the various species which compose this genus of labiate plants, although presenting very characteristic differences, merges gradually from one species to another; all are, in their native habitat, small ligneous undershrubs of from one to two feet in height, with a thin bark, which detaches itself in scales; the leaves are linear, persistent, and covered with numerous hairs, which give the plant a hoary appearance.
— from Scientific American Supplement, No. 799, April 25, 1891 by Various

[23] It is told that hidden from public view, crouched down in the chariot in which the successful Roman pro-consul or general drove triumphantly through the crowded streets of Rome, was a slave celebrated for his impertinence, whose duty it was to make the one honoured feel that, after all, he was nothing more than an ordinary mortal blessed with a certain amount of good luck.
— from Face to Face with Kaiserism by James W. (James Watson) Gerard

Presently Valentine came down the garden.
— from Fated to Be Free: A Novel by Jean Ingelow

In the same way the occasional firing of a few shots, first with blank cartridges and later with ball cartridges at short range and under conditions permitting very careful detailed supervision of each man's position, will be found of exceptional value as a preliminary exercise to the course of range firing prescribed for recruits.
— from Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Cavalry of the Army of the United States 1917. To be also used by Engineer Companies (Mounted) for Cavalry Instruction and Training by United States. War Department

All that pious verse can do is to help the memory and delight the ear, and for these purposes it may be very useful; but it supplies nothing to the mind.
— from Lives of the English Poets : Waller, Milton, Cowley by Samuel Johnson