This application of ideas beyond their nature proceeds from our collecting all their possible degrees of quantity and quality in such an imperfect manner as may serve the purposes of life, which is the second proposition I proposed to explain.
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume

Strike at its head, and you will be attacked by its tail; strike at its tail, and you will be attacked by its head; strike at its middle, and you will be attacked by head and tail both.
— from The Art of War by active 6th century B.C. Sunzi

Pierre remained gloomily silent, answering in monosyllables and apparently immersed in his own thoughts.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

Others, on the contrary, speak in the name of liberty, as if they were able to feel its sanctity and its majesty, and loudly claim for humanity those rights which they have always disowned.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 1 by Alexis de Tocqueville

As is well known, the temperature of warm-blooded animals is considerably higher than the ordinary temperature of the surrounding air, in man about 98° F., and the uniformity of this temperature is maintained by the heat which is set free by the chemical processes (of oxidation) which go on within the body.
— from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. A to Amide Vol. 1 Part 1 by Various

And then there are other chances in life far more thrilling and rapture-giving: this is solid, an affair of the actual world, nothing ideal about it: all its associations are solid and sober, and its manifestations are the same.
— from Jane Eyre: An Autobiography by Charlotte Brontë

II There may be something artificial in making a special category for the comic in words, since most of the varieties of the comic that we have examined so far were produced through the medium of language.
— from Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic by Henri Bergson

Science says: All is Mind and Mind's idea.
— from Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy

But in most of the lower animals (such as the sponges and polyps) they have the same pine-cone shape as in man and the other animals (Fig. 21 a, h ).
— from The Evolution of Man by Ernst Haeckel

Seems as if Mrs. Allen has got a new kind of religion, and heaven help the present run of mankind if any more new religions is sprung on us, and heaven help me if I've got to live long with Mrs. Allen's new one.
— from Susan Clegg and Her Love Affairs by Anne Warner

259 When Twilight Falls on the Stump Lots 271 “ She struggled straight toward the den that held her young ” 281 The King of the Mamozekel 285 “ The calf stood close by, watching with interest ” 293 “ The mother mallard would float amid her brood ” 301 “ But they fell short of their intended mark ” 309 “ Thick piled the snows about the little herd ” 319 “ Was off through the underbrush in ignominious flight ” 335 “ It was fear itself that he was wiping out ” 343 In Panoply of Spears 347 “ The bear eyed him for some moments ” 353 “ A weasel glided noiselessly up to the door of the den ” 369 [15] The Kindred of the Wild Introductory The Animal Story Alike in matter and in method, the animal story, as we have it to-day, may be regarded as a culmination.
— from The Kindred of the Wild: A Book of Animal Life by Roberts, Charles G. D., Sir

Strange as it may appear, this is not confined to the rich, but permeates all classes, becoming more harmful in descending the social scale, and it will bring about a disintegration of our society, sooner than could be believed.
— from Worldly Ways & Byways by Eliot Gregory

"What are they saying?" an Irish member asked.
— from The Doom of London by Fred M. (Fred Merrick) White

The first step, as it must always be, is survival.
— from Highland Ballad by Christopher Leadem

Simple as it may appear, this is the way, and it is the only way.
— from The Human Machine by Arnold Bennett

'Slutter and I must also leave for our homes soon,' says Stobey.
— from A Grandpa's Notebook Ideas, Models, Stories and Memoirs to Encourage Intergenerational Outreach and Communication by Meyer Moldeven