Quod semper, quod ubique, et quod ab omnibus —What has been always, been everywhere, and been by all believed.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

Why?" "Because I told her that Lawrence Selden was coming; but he wouldn't, after all, and she's quite unreasonable enough to think it's my fault.
— from The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

They slept quietly until early morning.
— from Household Tales by Brothers Grimm by Wilhelm Grimm

And now to decide whether this is really so; whether mankind do desire nothing for itself but that which is a pleasure to them, or of which the absence is a pain; we have evidently arrived at a question of fact and experience, dependent, like all similar questions, upon evidence.
— from Utilitarianism by John Stuart Mill

92 Illud autem sic est iudicandum, maximas geri res et maximi animi ab iis, [83] qui res publicas regant, quod earum administratio latissime pateat ad plurimosque pertineat; esse autem magni animi et fuisse multos etiam in vita otiosa, qui aut investigarent aut conarentur magna quaedam seseque suarum rerum finibus continerent aut interiecti inter philosophos et eos, qui rem publicam administrarent, delectarentur re sua familiari non eam quidem omni ratione exaggerantes neque excludentes ab eius usu suos potiusque et amicis impertientes et rei publicae, si quando usus esset.
— from De Officiis by Marcus Tullius Cicero

12 Quodsi is esset Panaetius, qui virtutem propterea colendam diceret, quod ea efficiens utilitatis esset, ut ii, qui res expetendas vel voluptate vel indolentia metiuntur, liceret ei dicere utilitatem aliquando cum honestate pugnare; sed cum sit is, qui id solum bonum iudicet, quod honestum sit, quae autem huic repugnent specie quadam utilitatis, eorum neque accessione meliorem vitam fieri nec decessione peiorem, non videtur debuisse eius modi deliberationem introducere, in qua, quod utile videretur, cum eo, quod honestum est, compararetur.
— from De Officiis by Marcus Tullius Cicero

[751] Illa nempe Jovis effigies videtur semiglobulare quiddam, uti est compassus marinus, formâ umbilici librarii, seu umbonis, tanquam ενθεον quoddam adoratum, propter ejusdem divinum auxilium: utpote in quo index magneticus erat sicut intus existens quidam deus, navigiorum cursum in medio æquore dirigens.
— from A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. by Jacob Bryant

The so-called port proved to be an open roadstead at the mouth of an insignificant stream, quite useless except in perfectly calm weather.
— 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

Although Grundtvig was still quite unknown except for a few articles in a current magazine, there was something about him, an originality of view, an arresting way of phrasing his thoughts, a quiet sense of humor, that commanded attention.
— from Hymns and Hymnwriters of Denmark by J. C. (Jens Christian) Aaberg

No, I don't go among them to be cheated by their stories and spend quite unnecessary emotion in sympathising with them.
— from Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, March 1885 by Various

The general nature of these deposits is now so well known that detailed description seems quite unnecessary except in the case of unusual features.
— from The Andes of Southern Peru Geographical Reconnaissance along the Seventy-Third Meridian by Isaiah Bowman

"Have a drink?" said Louis, throwing himself into a chair by the window and his hat into another; he seemed quite unconcerned, even unaware that there had been an instant of peril.
— from Swords Reluctant by Max Pemberton

“In that case,” said Gaudissart, “we shall quickly understand each other.”
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac

A. tenet unum ferdel de Rofliesland pro 2 solidis pro omni servicio per camerarium.' 90: 'Idem tenet dimidiam virgatam de rofliesland pro duobus solidis, quod utilius esset edificari.'
— from Villainage in England: Essays in English Mediaeval History by Paul Vinogradoff

My companion, who otherwise was not a very delicately organised person, said quite unexpectedly, "E singolare come quel canto intenerisce, e molto più quando la cantano meglio."
— from Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 by Isaac Disraeli