The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

Every quotation a nineteenth-century speaker or writer might want, grouped under its subject, with the author, the date and the source given as exactly as Hoyt could manage.

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Credat Judæus Apella non ego. The Jew Apella may believe this, not I.— HORACE — Satiræ. I. 5. 100.
Incrédules les plus crédules. Ils croient les miracles de Vespasien, pour ne pas croire ceux de Moïse. The incredulous are the most credulous. They believe the miracles of Vespasian that they may not believe those of Moses.— PASCAL — Pensées. II. XVII. 120.
Nicht die Kinder bloss speist man mit Märchen ab. It is not children only that one feeds with fairy tales.— LESSING — Nathan der Weise. III. 6.
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