And for a test of the formation of the habits we must [Sidenote(?): III] take the pleasure or pain which succeeds the acts; for he is perfected in Self-Mastery who not only abstains from the bodily pleasures but is glad to do so; whereas he who abstains but is sorry to do it has not Self-Mastery: he again is brave who stands up against danger, either with positive pleasure or at least without any pain; whereas he who does it with pain is not brave.
— from The Ethics of Aristotle by Aristotle

By miscreants torn who ne'er one sprig must wear; Foil'd, bleeding, tortur'd in th' unequal strife, The hapless Poet flounces on through life, Till, fled each hope that once his bosom fired, And fled each Muse that glorious once inspir'd, Low-sunk in squalid, unprotected age, Dead even resentment for his injur'd page, He heeds no more the ruthless critics' rage.
— from Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns

Critics—appall'd, I venture on the name; Those cut-throat bandits in the paths of fame: Bloody dissectors, worse than ten Monroes; He hacks to teach, they mangle to expose: His heart by causeless wanton malice wrung, By blockheads' daring into madness stung; His well-won bays, than life itself more dear, By miscreants torn, who ne'er one sprig must wear; Foil'd, bleeding, tortur'd in th' unequal strife, The hapless Poet flounders on thro' life: Till, fled each hope that once his bosom fir'd, And fled each muse that glorious once inspir'd, Low sunk in squalid, unprotected age, Dead even resentment for his injur'd page, He heeds or feels no more the ruthless critic's rage!
— from Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns

As we drove slowly up and down, enjoying the scene, while beggars ran beside the carriage and hawkers darted out upon 201 us with shrill cries, the "American girl" of our little group strove earnestly to find "something to buy."
— from Spanish Highways and Byways by Katharine Lee Bates

It was as much as she could do, she said, to keep him from shaving one side of his head, so that he couldn't go out, the way he used to do in Athens when he was afraid he would be invited out and couldn't scare up a decent excuse for refusing."
— from The Pursuit of the House-Boat by John Kendrick Bangs

They knew not that this unfortunate swine, the only one in the garrison, was made to perform so uncomfortable a duty every morning to mislead the besiegers, and impress them with the idea of a plentiful supply within the walls.
— from Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 by John Roby

She drew a little morocco case from her pocket and from that took a clinical thermometer, which she shook up and down, eying the patient meanwhile with a calm, impersonal scrutiny.
— from The Exiles and Other Stories by Richard Harding Davis

At an appearance so unexpected a dozen exclamations filled the air; but to describe the scene which ensued or the various emotions that were evinced by this or that person, as surprise or interest or affection moved them, were a task on which I am not inclined to enter.
— from From the Memoirs of a Minister of France by Stanley John Weyman

The Scholars being amazed at so unexpected a discovery, earnestly desired him to unriddle the mystery.
— from Oxford by Edward Thomas

There he was, stamping up and down, every so often stopping, shaking clenched fists in the air, and spouting curses.
— from Atlantic Narratives: Modern Short Stories; Second Series by James Edmund Dunning

It is inscribed upon the monumental tablet erected to her memory that "Compelled to part from the husband she loved, and at length despairing of the soothing hope of his speedy return, she sunk under accumulated distresses, etc."
— from The Loyalists of Massachusetts and the Other Side of the American Revolution by James Henry Stark