“And of Smerdyakov's guilt you have no proof whatever but your brother's word and the expression of his face?”
— from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Again, common opinion requires that the Happy man live with pleasure to himself: now life is burthensome to a man in solitude, for it is not easy to work continuously by one’s self, but in company with, and in regard to others, it is easier, and therefore the working, being pleasurable in itself will be more continuous (a thing which should be in respect of the Happy man); for the good man, in that he is good takes pleasure in the actions which accord with Virtue and is annoyed at those which spring from Vice, just as a musical man is pleased with beautiful music and annoyed by bad.
— from The Ethics of Aristotle by Aristotle

If you follow the road I have marked out for you, I think your pupil will buy his knowledge of mankind and his knowledge of himself in the cheapest market; you will enable him to behold the tricks of fortune without envying the lot of her favourites, and to be content with himself without thinking himself better than others.
— from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Up, and to Mr. Povy’s about our business, and thence I to see Sir Ph. Warwicke, but could not meet with him.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

The poor woman began to tremble, and Adams lifted up his voice, but in vain.
— from Joseph Andrews, Vol. 1 by Henry Fielding

I have heard this enlarged on as if it meant the troubles and persecutions we bring on ourselves by confessing Jesus.
— from Adam Bede by George Eliot

Two miles on the western side of Hamamatsu we were met by some retainers of Inouyé Kawachi no Kami, the local daimiô , wearing black hats as flat as a pancake, who, being himself a member of the Tycoon's Council, had no doubt given special orders regarding our reception, and at the entrance of the town they were joined by more.
— from A Diplomat in Japan The inner history of the critical years in the evolution of Japan when the ports were opened and the monarchy restored, recorded by a diplomatist who took an active part in the events of the time, with an account of his personal experiences during that period by Ernest Mason Satow

But more than that, our acquisitions have all come to us peacefully and gladly, except one fifth of the Filipinos, and our whole course has been singularly devoid of mistakes, and I can imagine that in the future this period, safely passed, will be regarded as one of the most brilliant and successful in our history.”
— from Uncle Sam Abroad by Jacob Elon Conner

Do I understand now, Mr. Rankin, that what the Secretary provides will be put in the record as exhibits?
— from Warren Commission (05 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15) by United States. Warren Commission

He entered into a treaty with Haugwitz; and Prussia was bribed to remain quiescent, by a temptation which she wanted virtue to resist.
— from The History of Napoleon Buonaparte by J. G. (John Gibson) Lockhart

My own heart bounded within me as I looked at them, and I could not resist bursting into a cheer, which was taken up and prolonged wildly by the troops around.
— from In the Track of the Troops by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

Mrs. Pottle was by no means short-sighted, and after a time she began to leave Bob more and more in her niece's hands, much to his contentment.
— from Kobo: A Story of the Russo-Japanese War by Herbert Strang

… I have the power, the right and the duty to give the following order … general armistice … peace will be symbolized by the house undivided and will be constituted by general Christian religious unity … as a consequence of what we shall say they will give up our territory to us of their own accord.”
— from Shell-Shock and Other Neuropsychiatric Problems Presented in Five Hundred and Eighty-nine Case Histories from the War Literature, 1914-1918 by Elmer Ernest Southard

"I know a prayer which brings the souls out of the moon right into heaven, and so that they don't get into purgatory at all.
— from Black Forest Village Stories by Berthold Auerbach

So only particular groups of organs, which show symptomatic changes as the result of arteriosclerotic processes, will be discussed.
— from Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension, with Chapters on Blood Pressure 3rd Edition. by Louis M. (Louis Marshall) Warfield

Certain ruins near the coast, a little to the south of Brest, are reputed to be those of a palace which belonged to the Courils , a sort of pigmies, who deal in sorceries, are very malicious, and are great dancers.
— from The Every-day Book and Table Book. v. 2 (of 3) or Everlasting Calendar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs and Events, Incident to Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days, in past and Present Times; Forming a Complete History of the Year, Month, and Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanac by William Hone

(5) Herodias' daughter (united Protestantism) will become the tool for the destruction of the most loyal servants of God.”
— from Studies in the Scriptures, Volume 7: The Finished Mystery by C. T. (Charles Taze) Russell