'Let us not carp at little faults, but rejoice over the real and abundant good that we find here: he surpasses all the rest.' "'Not so.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

The girl's despondent face, as she came in day after day from her unsuccessful quest, told its own story, though she uttered no complaint, and these friendly souls laid their heads together, eager to help her in their own dramatic fashion.
— from Work: A Story of Experience by Louisa May Alcott

But David was under no consternation at this confederacy, nor at the forces of the Ammonites; and putting his trust in God, because he was going to war in a just cause, on account of the injurious treatment he had met with, he immediately sent Joab, the captain of his host, against them, and gave him the flower of his army, who pitched his camp by Rabbah, the metropolis of the Ammonites; whereupon the enemy came out, and set themselves in array, not all of them together, but in two bodies; for the auxiliaries were set in array in the plain by themselves, but the army of the Ammonites at the gates over against the Hebrews.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

For the fact that man, if he exists, takes this for his final design, gives us no concept as to why in general he should exist, and as to what worth he has in himself to make his existence pleasant.
— from Kant's Critique of Judgement by Immanuel Kant

There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the Lord.
— 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.

Al mismo tiempo llegó un nuevo curioso a ver qué ocurría 05 en aquel grupo, y habiéndole divisado el revendedor, exclamó: —¡Me alegro de que llegue V., tío Fulano!
— from Novelas Cortas by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón

Let us now consider at once the remarkable attitude of Schopenhauer towards art , an attitude which has even a fascination for certain types.
— from The Genealogy of Morals The Complete Works, Volume Thirteen, edited by Dr. Oscar Levy. by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

But if haply they do leave me a morsel of food it reeks of decay and the stench is unendurable, nor could any mortal bear to draw near even for a moment, no, not if his heart were wrought of adamant.
— from The Argonautica by Rhodius Apollonius

The Prince had repeatedly stated he would under no circumstances accept the office if the exercise of power was hampered with restrictions.
— from Farmer George, Volume 2 by Lewis Melville

She wanted to know how old one of Woods's tapestries was, and where one of his embroideries came from, and I got her off on a divan and we were having a beautiful time when an old lady came up and called me off, and whispered in my ear that I ought to know that my charmer was her own dressmaker, who was looking up new costumes and——" "Fine!
— from The Wood Fire in No. 3 by Francis Hopkinson Smith

To left and right on wall and turret, Eric glanced, then blew a blast upon the horn he carried; and immediately, from wall and turret mangonels, trebuchets and balistae unknown of until now crashed and whirred, and the tall tower shook and quivered 'neath the shock of great stones and heavy bolts, its massy timbers were split and rent, insomuch that it was fain to be withdrawn.
— from Beltane the Smith by Jeffery Farnol

They wandered about the Heath until night came and the stars shone, and then they plunged into the glitter of London, where all people and things were deliciously fantastic and comic, flat and kinematographic, as though, if you walked round to the other side, you would discover that they were painted on one side only.
— from Mendel: A Story of Youth by Gilbert Cannan

She uttered no complaint and no one heard her repine.
— from Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society, Volume 02 (of 14), 1899 by Mississippi Historical Society

Slavery was to a great extent under no check at all, and the laws which did exist for regulating the relationship between owner and slave were for the most part of a character to intensify the evil; while the conditions under which both master and slave were educated were such as to render each of them ready to increase the moral degradation of the other.
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Pastoral Epistles by Alfred Plummer

The storekeepers will wait until navigation closes, and then they will jump the prices.
— from If Any Man Sin by H. A. (Hiram Alfred) Cody

They were under no control, and were always first mounted up and away, blocking up narrow passes and checking the advance of the army with their donkeys, after repeated orders to follow in rear of their respective corps, or their donkeys would be shot.
— from Wellington's Army, 1809-1814 by Charles Oman

We whizzed through the French country, catching glimpses of little towns, with red-roofed cottages clustered about the inevitable church and chateau, until night came and looking out of the window was no longer profitable.
— from Kent Knowles: Quahaug by Joseph Crosby Lincoln