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

The sublime and ridiculous are often so nearly related that it is difficult to class them separately. One step below the sublime makes the ridiculous, and one step above the ridiculous makes the sublime again.— filed under Change

NAPOLEON I. to DE PRADT at Warsaw. See Histoire de l'Ambassade dans le Grande Duché de Vasovie (1812).— filed under Longinus

These are the times that try men's souls.— filed under Time

My country is the world, and my religion is to do good.— filed under Patriotism