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

Trust that man in nothing who has not a Conscience in everything.— filed under Conscience

He gave a deep sigh; I saw the iron enter into his soul.— filed under Grief

A man's body and his mind, with the utmost reverence to both I speak it, are exactly like a jerkin and a jerkin's lining;-rumple the one, you rumple the other.— filed under Man

"He shall not die, by God," cried my uncle Toby. The Accusing Spirit which flew up to heaven's chancery with the oath, blushed as he gave it in and the Recording Angel as he wrote it down, dropped a tear upon the word and blotted it out forever.— filed under Oaths

Disguise thyself as thou wilt, still, Slavery! said I still thou art a bitter draught.— filed under Slavery

I pity the man who can travel from Dan to Beersheba and cry, "'Tis all barren!"— filed under Treason

trans. This world surely is wide enough to hold both thee and me.— filed under Work