I Just as there is no known society without a religion, so there exist none, howsoever crudely organized they may be, where we do not find a whole system of collective representations concerning the soul, its origin and its destiny.
— from The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life by Émile Durkheim
There is no known state of ill-health to account for their indolence.
— from The Evolution of the Country Community A Study in Religious Sociology by Warren H. (Warren Hugh) Wilson
What reception Clement gave them is not known: some say he was highly gratified, and provided for the bearer; others, that he at least permitted an accusation of heresy against the writer.
— from Cabinet Portrait Gallery of British Worthies. Volume I by Anonymous
There is no king saved by the multitude of an army.
— from The World English Bible (WEB): Psalms by Anonymous
Another very interesting fact revealed by personal experience is, that there is no knowledge so thorough and permanent as that gained in teaching Page 75
— from Woman's Profession as Mother and Educator, with Views in Opposition to Woman Suffrage by Catharine Esther Beecher
"There is no knowing," she thought, "what men in their intemperate courage may do to satisfy themselves upon their point of honor.
— from The Fate: A Tale of Stirring Times by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James
I know everything; there is no keeping secrets from me.
— from The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII: No. 356, October 23, 1886. by Various
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