Inferno: Canto XXXII If I had rhymes both rough and stridulous, As were appropriate to the dismal hole Down upon which thrust all the other rocks, I would press out the juice of my conception More fully; but because I have them not, Not without fear I bring myself to speak; For 'tis no enterprise to take in jest, To sketch the bottom of all the universe, Nor for a tongue that cries Mamma and Babbo.
— from Divine Comedy, Longfellow's Translation, Hell by Dante Alighieri

The soul’s Rialto hath its merchandize XX Beloved, my beloved, when I think XXI Say over again, and yet once over again XXII When our two souls stand up erect and strong XXIII Is it indeed so?
— from Sonnets from the Portuguese by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

If they be not conditioned by God (Prop. xxvi.), it is impossible, and not contingent, that they should condition themselves; contrariwise, if they be conditioned by God, it is impossible, and not contingent, that they should render themselves unconditioned.
— from Ethics by Benedictus de Spinoza

XLV If it chance your eye offend you, Pluck it out, lad, and be sound: 'Twill hurt, but here are salves to friend you,
— from A Shropshire Lad by A. E. (Alfred Edward) Housman

A drawing being blocked out in such a state as the further leg and foot of our demonstration drawing (page 90 [Transcribers Note: Plate XVIII ]), it is time to begin the drawing proper.
— from The Practice and Science of Drawing by Harold Speed

[35] XLI It is a mark of want of intellect to spend much time in things relating to the body, as to be immoderate in exercises, in eating and drinking, and in the discharge of other animal functions.
— from The Enchiridion by Epictetus

[Somewhat similar to Goldsmith's sage— "Who quits {a} world where strong temptations try, And since 'tis hard to co{mbat}, learns to fly."] XCII .—It is more necessary to study men than books.
— from Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims by François duc de La Rochefoucauld

I am told that I walked about the streets bareheaded, staggering, and singing aloud, while a crowd of boys ran after me, shouting: "Better-than-nothing!" XX If I wanted to order a ring for myself, the inscription I should choose would be: "Nothing passes away."
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Æsop received the latter as though he had been his own son, and only punished him by recommending him to honour the gods and his king; to make himself feared by his enemies; to render himself useful to others; to treat his wife well, but at the same time never to trust her with his secrets; to speak little, and to avoid the company of babblers; never to give way to misfortune; to have a care for the morrow, since [Pg xlvii] it is better to enrich one's enemies by one's death than to be troublesome to one's friends whilst living; and, above all, never to be envious of the happiness or the good qualities of others, since that is but to inflict an injury on ourselves.
— from The Fables of La Fontaine Translated into English Verse by Walter Thornbury and Illustrated by Gustave Doré by Jean de La Fontaine

The Aryans in Europe—The ancient Germans—The early German gods—The working religion—Later German religion—Iceland—The Eddas—The gods of the Eddas—The twilight of the gods CHAPTER XVI GREECE People and land—Earliest religion; functional deities—Growth of Greek gods—Stones, animals, trees—Greek religion is local—Artistic tendency—Early Eastern influences—Homer—The Homeric gods—Worship in Homer—Omens—The state after death—Hesiod—The poets and the working religion—Rise of religious art—Festivals and games—Zeus and Apollo—Change of the Greek spirit in sixth century B.C. —New religious feeling; the mysteries—Religion and philosophy CHAPTER XVII THE RELIGION OF ROME Roman religion was different from Greek—The earliest gods of Rome are functional beings—The worship of these beings—The great gods—Sacred persons—Roman religion legal rather than priestly—Changes introduced from without—Etruria—Greek gods in Rome—The Graeco-Roman religion—Decay and confusion CHAPTER XVIII THE RELIGIONS OF INDIA I. The Vedic Religion Relation of Indian to Aryan religion—The Rigveda—The Vedic gods—Hymns to the gods—To what stage does this religion belong?—It is primitive—It is advanced—In spite of many gods, a tendency to Monotheism CHAPTER XIX INDIA II.
— from History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems by Allan Menzies

24 , 25 , 36 , 37 , 41 , note Ing-Kee-Ko-Kee, or game of moccasin, xxix Iowa Indians, x , xi , xii , xvi , xvii , xviii , note .
— from The Iowa by Foster, Thomas, of Washington, D.C.

vol. i.); and Machiavelli's Discorso sul Reggimento di Firenze , addressed to Leo X., illustrate in general the working of Aristotelian ideas.
— from Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots by John Addington Symonds

CHAPTER XXXVI "IS IT
— from The Weavers: a tale of England and Egypt of fifty years ago - Volume 5 by Gilbert Parker

I devoured Cooper's novels and the Rollo series: but there was one special volume, 'Harris on [xiv] Insects,' I never tired of.
— from Eye Spy: Afield with Nature Among Flowers and Animate Things by W. Hamilton (William Hamilton) Gibson

[Pg xxiii] It is very remarkable, that, notwithstanding of the number of philosophical chemists who have supported the doctrine of the four elements, there is not one who has not been led by the evidence of facts to admit a greater number of elements into their theory.
— from Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries by Antoine Laurent Lavoisier

XENOPHANES, Isaiah II., 125.
— from The Expositor's Bible: Index by S. G. (Samuel Gardiner) Ayres

and xix., it is clear that Elohim and Jehovah were angels, it follows that holy men, when raised, will be superior to the power that gave them heaven!
— from Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities in Central and Western Asia, Europe, and Elsewhere, Before the Christian Era. Showing Their Relations to Religious Customs as They Now Exist. by Thomas Inman

X. It is ten hours; Rejeb and Mustapha go like camels.
— from By Desert Ways to Baghdad by Louisa Jebb Wilkins