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12 quotations from The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1896), with the subject each one is filed under.

And behold there was a very stately palace before him, the name of which was Beautiful.— filed under Beauty

Some said, John, print it, others said, Not so; Some said, It might do good, others said, No.— filed under Books

Some things are of that nature as to make One's fancy chuckle, while his heart doth ache.— filed under Content

The name of the slough was Despond.— filed under Despair

Some things are of that nature as to make One's fancy chuckle, while his heart doth ache.— filed under Fancy

Manners of the Present Age. Of Men. Ch. XI. Saint abroad, and a devil at home.— filed under Hypocrisy

And so I penned It down, until at last it came to be, For length and breadth, the bigness which you see.— filed under Occupations-Alchemy

If cold December gave you birth, The month of snow and ice and mirth, Place on your hand a Turquoise blue, Success will bless whate'er you do. If that a pearl may in a toad's head dwell, And may be found too in an oyster shell.— filed under December

Every fat must stand upon his bottom.— filed under Archimedes

Dark as pitch. ee.— filed under Proverbs

He that is down needs fear no fall.— filed under Proverbs

It beareth the name of Vanity Fair, because the town where it is kept is "lighter than vanity."— filed under Vanity