There is no such thing as being agreeable without a thorough good-humour, a natural sweetness of temper, enlivened by cheerfulness. Lady Montagu.
There is no such thing as chance; and what seems to us merest accident springs from the deepest source of destiny. Schiller.
There is no such thing as Liberty in the universe: 30 there can never be. The stars have it not; the earth has it not; the sea has it not; and we men have the mockery and semblance of it only for our heaviest punishment. Ruskin.
There is no sure foundation set on blood; / No certain life achieved by others' death. King John, iv. 2.
There is no surer argument of a weak mind than irresolution. Tillotson.
There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats; / For I am armed so strong in honesty / That they pass by me as the idle wind / Which I respect not. Jul. Cæs., iv. 3.
There is no thought in any mind, but it quickly tends to convert itself into a power, and organises a huge instrumentality of means. Emerson.
There is no time so miserable, but a man may 35 be true. Timon of Athens, iv. 3.
There is no traitor like him whose domestic treason plants the poniard within the breast which trusted to his truth. Byron.
There is no true action without will. Rousseau.