But when he understands what persons are persuaded by what arguments, and sees the person about whom he was speaking in the abstract actually before him, and knows that it is he, and can say to himself, 'This is the man or this is the character who ought to have a certain argument applied to him in order to convince him of a certain opinion;'—he who knows all this, and knows also when he should speak and when he should refrain, and when he should use pithy sayings, pathetic appeals, sensational effects, and all the other modes of speech which he has learned;—when, I say, he knows the times and seasons of all these things, then, and not till then, he is a perfect master of his art; but if he fail in any of these points, whether in speaking or teaching or writing them, and yet declares that he speaks by rules of art, he who says 'I don't believe you' has the better of him.
— from Phaedrus by Plato

im Widerspruch mit unless contrary to sofern nichts anderes vereinbart ist unless otherwise agreed sofern Sie nicht gebunden sind unless they are bound by sofort immediate sofort beginnende Rente immediate annuity sofort gültig; mit sofortiger Wirkung immediately effective sofort in Kraft effective forthwith sofort lieferbar und sofort zahlbar spot sofort verfügbar immediately available sofortig instant sofortig; umgehend promptly sofortige Barzahlung bei Kaufabschluss spot cash sofortige Lieferung immediate delivery sofortiger Bedarf immediate demand sofortiger Besitz immediate possession sogenannte so-called Solawechsel promissory note Solawechsel sola bill Solawechsel sole bill solch ein
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

The other 300,000 or so uncivilized people scattered throughout the rest of the archipelago, the “non-Christian tribes,” which dwell in the mountain fastnesses, remote from “the madding crowd,” cut little more figure, if any, in the general political equation, than the American Indian does with us to-day.
— from The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. (James Henderson) Blount

They destroy'd so many and such considerable Regions, that there is not one supernumerary witness left to relate the Story, unless perchance some that lurkt in the Caverns and Womb of the Earth to evade death by their inhumane Swords embrew'd in Innocent Indian blood, escaped.
— from A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies Or, a faithful NARRATIVE OF THE Horrid and Unexampled Massacres, Butcheries, and all manner of Cruelties, that Hell and Malice could invent, committed by the Popish Spanish Party on the inhabitants of West-India, TOGETHER With the Devastations of several Kingdoms in America by Fire and Sword, for the space of Forty and Two Years, from the time of its first Discovery by them. by Bartolomé de las Casas

They say that some unknown person stole the lamp that was presented by Simoun.” “A thief?
— from The Reign of Greed by José Rizal

Some unknown power seemed to have attracted him thither.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Again, it appeareth, that in course of time, and about eight hundred years after Christ, Egbert (then king of the West Saxons), ut pisces sæpe minutos magnus comest , overcame the rest of the kings, and once more erected a monarchy; the which till the coming in of the Normans, and from thence even hitherto hath continued.
— from The Survey of London by John Stow

Thrall soon showed uncommon physical strength and a great aptitude for all heavy work; and when he had grown up he took to wife Thyr, a heavily built girl with sunburnt hands and flat feet, who, like her husband, laboured early and late.
— from Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas by H. A. (Hélène Adeline) Guerber

Gipanulayan nà siya dihang patábug na siya ug pamusil sa mga táwu, He must have been possessed of a devil to shoot indiscriminately at the people.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

The power of the State is based upon tradition, upon science, upon popular suffrage, upon brute force, upon everything except upon the Church.
— from My Religion by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

During the time it was shut up people spoke of it as a kind of phantom house; some regarded it as a myth, and others treated it with a superstitious respect as a thing which might exercise an evil influence over those who fell under the shadow of its displeasure.
— from The Weird Sisters: A Romance. Volume 1 (of 3) by Richard Dowling

Send us preachers said I, and as religion spreads, slavery will melt away, it cannot stand the gospel.
— from Discussion on American Slavery by Robert J. (Robert Jefferson) Breckinridge

'Artists are supremely unfortunate persons,' she announced.
— from The Trespasser by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

40 Socher, Ueber Platon’s Schriften, p. 112.
— from Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume 2 by George Grote

Advancing towards the Interpreter's table and putting his right hand to his ear, "Pardon, monsieur," he said, "mais je suis un peu sourd, depuis mon accident."
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, August 15, 1917 by Various