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12 quotations from The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1896), with the subject each one is filed under.
In every deed of mischief, he had a heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute.— filed under Character
Geo. Puttenham in his "Art of Poesie." Bk. III. Of Ornament, "which" (he says) our soueraigne Lady ،، wrote in defiance of Fortune." Vicissitudes of fortune, which spares neither man nor the proudest of his works, which buries empires and cities in a common grave.— filed under Fortune
Gratitude is expensive.— filed under Gratitude
I saw and loved.— filed under Love
Whenever the offence inspires less horror than the punishment, the rigour of penal law is obliged to give way to the common feelings of mankind.— filed under Occupations-Law
Black-Eyed Susan. The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.— filed under Occupations-Navigation
Quotation and Originality. My early and invincible love of reading, *** I would not exchange for the treasures of India.— filed under Reading
Revenge is profitable.— filed under Revenge
The noisy and extensive scene of crowds without company, and dissipation without pleasure.— filed under Society
Subjects. Sea Studies. I was never less alone than when by myself.— filed under Solitude
Our sympathy is cold to the relation of distant misery.— filed under Sympathy
Amiable weakness of human nature.— filed under Weakness