And a proof of the real [Sidenote: 1148a] difference between these so designated with an addition and those simply so called is this, that Imperfect Self-Control is blamed, not as an error merely but also as being a vice, either wholly or partially; but none of these other cases is so blamed.
— from The Ethics of Aristotle by Aristotle

But again, it is sometimes said that whatever be the case with our present adult consciousness, our original impulses were all directed towards pleasure
— from The Methods of Ethics by Henry Sidgwick

He would fain seem a modest man, and yet will commend his own work and skill, and vie with other persons, especially the Petts, but I let him alone to hear all he will say.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

This he did between himself and me, without ostentation, pretension, or noise, and had not I spoken of it to anybody, not a single person would ever have known anything of the matter.
— from The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Complete by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

So you go on thinking and thinking, and calculating and guessing, and consulting with other people and getting their views; and it spoils your sleep nights, and makes you distraught in the daytime, and while you are pretending to look at the sights you are only guessing and guessing and guessing all the time, and being worried and miserable.
— from What Is Man? and Other Essays by Mark Twain

This last quoted passage was read to Admiral Dewey by a member of the Senate Committee in 1902, along with other parts of the magazine article cited, and he was asked to comment on the same.
— from The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. (James Henderson) Blount

“That is not a proper way of putting it; I was obliged to defend myself.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

We saw the cold winter sun rise over the dreary marshes of the Thames and the long, sullen reaches of the river, which I shall ever associate with our pursuit of the Andaman Islander in the earlier days of our career.
— from The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

THE END Printed by R. & R. CLARK, LIMITED , Edinburgh . WORKS ON PHILOSOPHY By IMMANUEL KANT KANT’S CRITICAL PHILOSOPHY FOR ENGLISH READERS.
— from Kant's Critique of Judgement by Immanuel Kant

And then my mystery will bring me in a great deal of coined money, if they will only pay me.
— from Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo

I'd be in a chronic state of disgrace and punishment; and he obliged to be so constantly improving me and frowning sternly upon my delinquencies that he'd never be able to don a smile of approval or slip in a word of praise edgewise."
— from Elsie's Girlhood A Sequel to "Elsie Dinsmore" and "Elsie's Holidays at Roselands" by Martha Finley

Many had died there, many were in hospital after their return, nearly all the rest were mutinous for want of pay.
— from History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce — Complete (1584-1609) by John Lothrop Motley

Now, while I think personally that the tariff on sugar has stimulated the inventive genius of the country to find other ways of producing that which is universally needed; and while I believe that it will not be long until we shall produce every pound of sugar that we consume, and produce it cheaper than we buy it now, I am satisfied that in time and at no distant day sugar will be made in this country extremely cheap, not only from beets, but from sorghum and corn, and it may be from other products.
— from The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Complete Contents Dresden Edition—Twelve Volumes by Robert Green Ingersoll

That face was of perfect contour.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 97, November, 1865 A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics by Various

Lazare went on pouring forth explanations, repeating all that his master, Herbelin, had told him.
— from The Joy of Life [La joie de vivre] by Émile Zola

"What other person?" said Mrs. Busby raising her head and fixing her observant eyes upon Rotha.
— from The Letter of Credit by Susan Warner

There are 15 editions of the Historia, in whole or part; the first published at Copenhagen, 1579 (the first of the Libellus or Descriptio Ins.
— from The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

I have prayed a great deal for you lately for ever since two weeks ago Tuesday night, which was our prayer-meeting night of course, I had a real hard fight with Satan, and he had tried to get the better of my better self, and Miss Sisson came and told of your being at a house to see the landlady and then of your going back in a few days to preach the funeral services over the dead body of one of the girls
— from Fifteen Years with the Outcast by Fflorens Roberts