[494] But we are men, created in the image of our Creator, whose eternity is true, and whose truth is eternal, whose love is eternal and true, and who Himself is the eternal, true, and adorable Trinity, without confusion, without separation; and, therefore, while, as we run over all the works which He has established, we may detect, as it were, His footprints, now more and now less distinct even in those things that are beneath us, since they could not so much as exist, or be bodied forth in any shape, or follow and observe any law, had they not been made by Him who supremely is, and is supremely good and supremely wise; yet in ourselves beholding His image, let us, like that younger son of the gospel, come to ourselves, and arise and return to Him from whom by our sin we had departed.
— from The City of God, Volume I by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

Secondly, The power of punishing he wholly gives up, and engages his natural force, (which he might before employ in the execution of the law of nature, by his own single authority, as he thought fit) to assist the executive power of the society, as the law thereof shall require: for being now in a new state, wherein he is to enjoy many conveniencies, from the labour, assistance, and society of others in the same community, as well as protection from its whole strength; he is to part also with as much of his natural liberty, in providing for himself, as the good, prosperity, and safety of the society shall require; which is not only necessary, but just, since the other members of the society do the like. Sect.
— from Second Treatise of Government by John Locke

An example to this purpose we have in the etymology of Ramesses, as it is explained in the [478] Hebrew Onomasticum.
— from A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. by Jacob Bryant

For what higher incentive to exertion could a writer have than to imagine such judges or such an audience of his works, and to give an account of his writings with heroes like these to criticise and look on? 3 Yet more inspiring would be the thought, With what feelings will future ages through all time read these my works?
— from On the Sublime by active 1st century Longinus

The principal charge we have is, to every one his own conduct; and ‘tis for this only that we here are.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

This was heresy in the English school, but it had always been law in the American.
— from The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams

He returned home more obsessed with her image than ever.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

Liberty is to the collective body what health is to every individual body.
— 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.

Diogenes Laërtius divides the philosophy of the Greeks into the Ionic, beginning with Anaximander, and ending with Theophrastus (in which class, he includes the Socratic philosophy and all its various ramifications); and the Italian, beginning with Pythagoras, and ending with Epicurus, in which he includes the Eleatics, as also Heraclitus and the Sceptics.
— from The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laertius

He himself says afterwards, 'I was happier in the enjoyment of tortures, tears, fright, and blood, than in any other pleasure.'
— from Là-bas by J.-K. (Joris-Karl) Huysmans

You must know, then, that when my ancestor, Ian nan Chaistel, wasted Northumberland, there was associated with him in the expedition a sort of Southland Chief, or captain of a band of Lowlanders, called Halbert Hall.
— from Waverley; Or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since — Volume 2 by Walter Scott

But which one was happiest in the end?
— from Our Home and Personal Duty by Jane Eayre Fryer

"I knew it would happen in the end," Hilda said, "and it has happened.
— from Hilda: A Story of Calcutta by Sara Jeannette Duncan

While he is thus engaged, another damsel approaches on a white palfrey, who warns Orlando of impending danger, and informs him he is close to the garden of Orgagna.
— from The Orlando Innamorato by Matteo Maria Boiardo

In mosaics, however fine they may be, the limits of the stones are always there, and therefore no continuous passage from [pg 074] one colour to another is possible, and this is also the case with regard to concepts, with their rigidity and sharp delineation; however finely we may divide them by exact definition, they are still incapable of reaching the finer modifications of the perceptible, and this is just what happens in the example we have taken, knowledge of physiognomy.
— from The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer

On the last Friday in Long Half, after Election, a kind of festival was held in the evening, when numbers of people came into College, and DOMUM was sung over and over again in School, Meads, and the principal Quadrangle ... at each place (p. 183) singing DOMUM louder than before, till at last the power failed, and the ladies, visitors, and superannuates went to recruit their energies for a brief period before going to the DOMUM-BALL at St. John’s rooms.
— from The Public School Word-book A conribution to to a historical glossary of words phrases and turns of expression obsolete and in current use peculiar to our great public schools together with some that have been or are modish at the universities by John Stephen Farmer

Yet she holds firmly and purely to the right and so wins happiness in the end.
— from Poet-Lore: A Quarterly Magazine of Letters. April, May, June, 1900 by Various

We have improved the effectiveness and combat readiness of our forces by developing and making operational new weapons and by integrating the latest scientific developments, including new atomic weapons, into our military plans.
— from State of the Union Addresses (1790-2006) by United States. Presidents

" His picture was hung in the Exhibition room.
— from Famous Men of Science by Sarah Knowles Bolton