In the same way the very seeing of another vista, the very wishing to see another vista, is no little training and preparation of the intellect for its eternal " Objectivity "—objectivity being understood not as "contemplation without interest" (for that is inconceivable and non-sensical), but as the ability to have the pros and cons in one's power and to switch them on and off, so as to get to know how to utilise, for the advancement of knowledge, the difference in the perspective and in the emotional
— from The Genealogy of Morals The Complete Works, Volume Thirteen, edited by Dr. Oscar Levy. by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

It used to seem a very impolite, not to say a rude, question, for Elisha to ask the woman, but it does not seem so to me now.
— from The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain

"Let not your virtue trip; who trips may stumble, "And virtue is not virtue, if she tumble.
— from She Stoops to Conquer; Or, The Mistakes of a Night: A Comedy by Oliver Goldsmith

Such a vision is not permitted to an infidel.
— from My Winter on the Nile Eighteenth Edition by Charles Dudley Warner

[184] they were of different styles, and varied in number according to the power, wealth, and taste of the owners, and often seem to have been far apart from each other; every house was known by a different name.
— from The Viking Age. Volume 2 (of 2) The early history, manners, and customs of the ancestors of the English-speaking nations by Paul B. (Paul Belloni) Du Chaillu

' The Corinthian ,' another snarling watch-dog in the courts of the temple of Fame, followed instinctively the same injurious wake: it was a leisurely sarcastic anatomization, quite enough to blight any young candidate's prospects, supposing that mankind respected such a verdict; if not to make him cut his throat, granting that the victim should be sensitive as Keats.
— from Heart: A Social Novel by Martin Farquhar Tupper

Hence when a man vows particular deeds, such as a pilgrimage, or some special fast, such a vow is not competent to be solemnized, but only such as the vow whereby a man entirely devotes himself to the divine ministry or service: and yet many particular works are included under this vow as under a universal.
— from Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

The shoe has vanished, but the crystal is still a valued, if not valuable, possession of the institution, and may be handled by the curious who can reflect upon its having also been touched by those two pilgrims, Erasmus the learned writer, and Colet the founder of Saint Paul’s School.
— from The Dover Road: Annals of an Ancient Turnpike by Charles G. (Charles George) Harper

Land is very scarce and valuable in New York, and this fact compels the poorer classes to live in greater distress than in most cities of the world.
— from The Secrets of the Great City A Work Descriptive of the Virtues and the Vices, the Mysteries, Miseries and Crimes of New York City by James Dabney McCabe

Yet such a victory is not impossible, for we see other similar instances in those heroic times when the arm of God was not shortened.
— from A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 01 by Voltaire

The State Farm for Women, to be situated at Valatie, is not yet established, and the House of Detention, in connection with the Night Court for women, which would serve as an intermediary to correctional agencies, is not yet available.
— from Commercialized Prostitution in New York City by George J. (George Jackson) Kneeland