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

I find no abhorring in my appetite.— filed under Abhorrence

We understood Her by her sight; her pure and eloquent blood Spoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought. That one might almost say her body thought.— filed under Appearance

He was the word that spake it, He took the bread and brake it; And what that word did make it, I do believe and take it.— filed under Christ

Death, be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so: For those, whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow, Die not, poor Death.— filed under Death

Dies Iræ. 'Twas much, that man was made like God before: But, that God should be made like man, much more.— filed under God

One short sleep past, we wake eternally, And Death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die.— filed under Immortality

Who are a little wise, the best fools be. C.— filed under Proverbs