Your whole life, like a sandglass, will always be reversed and will ever run out again,—a long minute of time will elapse until all those conditions out of which you were evolved return in the wheel of the cosmic process.
— from The Twilight of the Idols; or, How to Philosophize with the Hammer. The Antichrist Complete Works, Volume Sixteen by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

" "The Lord of the Celestial City," began the other pilgrim, whose name was Mr. Foot-it-to-heaven, "has refused, and will ever refuse, to grant an act of incorporation for this railroad; and unless that be obtained, no passenger can ever hope to enter his dominions.
— from Mosses from an Old Manse, and Other Stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne

[FR] [FR] Jean-Baptiste Rey (Aquitaine) #Webmestre et rédacteur de Biblio On Line, un site web destiné aux bibliothèques *Entretien du 8 juin 1998
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

It was really a wonderful, exhilarating ride, and Cap'n Bill wasn't long making up his mind he liked the sensation.
— from Sky Island Being the Further Exciting Adventures of Trot and Cap'n Bill After Their Visit to the Sea Fairies by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum

Despite government attempts to diversify the economy, it is still largely dependent on agriculture and related activities, which engage roughly 68% of the population.
— from The 2002 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

My brother Francesco, remaining a wary economist, refused to exceed an annual payment of 150 lire during the progress of the suit.
— from The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the Second by Carlo Gozzi

We pooled our resources, and when either ran short of money, which often happened, the common purse, if it were not empty, was always available.
— from Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland by Joseph Tatlow

Edward, with all his wits about him, was soon ready and with equal rapidity set to harnessing the horse; he carefully lit the lamps, as the proverb, more haste, less speed , passed through his mind.
— from Mrs. Craddock by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham

He also promised that he would, in the first place, bring them back to their ancient city and country Avaris, and provide a plentiful maintenance for their multitude; that he would protect them and fight for them as occasion should require, and would easily reduce the country under their dominion.
— from The Storehouses of the King; Or, the Pyramids of Egypt What They Are and Who Built Them by Jane (Trill) van Gelder

On questioning him we learned that he had suffered the rigor of prison life for two years; had just been released, and was en route to join his regiment before Petersburg.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 08, October, 1868, to March, 1869. by Various