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No matter how many instances of white swans we may have observed, this does not justify the conclusion that all swans are white. — Karl Popper

In some instances, alimony has become akin to a social-welfare program provided by working women to their ex-husbands. — Diane Garnick

life wasn't a fairy tale and there were instances when one couldn't have everything one wanted, not at the same time. As — Kate Morton

Mastering the lawless science of our law,- that codeless myriad of precedent, that wilderness of single instances. — Alfred Lord Tennyson

For this is one of those disheartening instances where truth requires full as much bolstering as error. — Herman Melville

Signs must be read with caution. The history of Christendom is replete with instances of people who misread the signs. — Sheldon Vanauken

The human heart becomes softened by hearing of instances of gentleness and consideration. — Plutarch

I only travel with a carry-on suitcase in most instances. — Brad Goreski

Invention in photography is so laborious as to be in most instances perverse. — Robert Adams

The study of law, medicine and the arts, in each of these instances, the developed mindset is very helpful to one who is practicing meditation. — Frederick Lenz

Twins are usually hailed with delight, because they swell the power of the family, though in some instances they are put to death. — John Hanning Speke

In many instances, order is apprehended first of all by the senses. — Rudolf Arnheim

Who would be so cruel?"
"You ask this question after the Shoah? After countless instances of genocide? Human beings can be incredibly cruel. — Sylvain Reynard

Men are in numberless instances qualified for certain things, for no other reason than because they are qualified for nothing else. — William Hazlitt

However, in many instances we might be very wise to ask what the consequence of removing the consequence might actually be. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

What we call conscience in many instances, is only a wholesome fear of the law. — Christian Nestell Bovee

Even if there are instances in which it can be mistook by onlookers, never fool yourself into using misunderstood genius as an excuse to be a fool. — Criss Jami

While I am a fervent believer in free markets and limited government, there are rare instances in which government involvement is necessary. — Steve Largent

In some instances, the accuracy of past-life memories can be objectively verified, sometimes with remarkable detail. — Stanislav Grof

In too many instances, the march to globalization has also meant the marginalization of women and girls. And that must change. — Hillary Clinton

In some instances, music is actually better than the spoken word, because it doesn't need to be understood. — Victor Wooten

The principal instances of mass violence in the world today are those committed by governments within their own legally recognized borders. — Susan Sontag

There are no instances known to me of cultures having forsaken Truth or renounced the understanding in its widest sense. — Johan Huizinga

The strange thing is, no matter what, when you become some kind of public figure, you have your go-to answers for all scenarios and instances. — Jack Osbourne

Some instances in life call for humility. But, sometimes you need to be flat-out brazen when it comes to the desires of your heart. — Nakia R. Laushaul

As in the instances of alchemy, astrology, witchcraft, and other such popular creeds, political economy, has a plausible idea at the root of it. — John Ruskin

The mind has a complex life that can seem quite autonomous - dreams, obsessions, unwilled memory are all instances of this. — Marilynne Robinson

I must begin, not with hypothesis, but with specific instances, no matter how minute. — Paul Klee

Mathematics is filled with such instances where it is important to regard one set as a subset of another. — Richard Hammack

There are many instances when one person is enough to change the world. — Stephen Richards

In too many instances we have settled for a world of our own shaping that is shaping up to be in terrible shape. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

Mohammed praises [instances of] tretchery, inhumanity, cruelty, revenge, and bigotry that are utterly incompatible with civilized society. — David Hume

Only in rare instances and with rare individuals does there seem to be any guiding light from within. — Theodore Dreiser

It seems to me there are no rules, only instances; but perhaps that is because I learned no rules, and am only an instance myself. — Eleanor Farjeon

I have yet to hear an instance where misfortune hit a man because he worked overtime. I know lots of instances where it hit men who did not. — Charles M. Schwab

A good man not only forbears those gratifications which are forbidden by reason and religion, but even restrains himself in unforbidden instances. — Francis Atterbury

How sad, that the group with the most access to the truth chose in several strategic instances to look the other way. — John Ashcroft

Is a person's public and private opinion the same? It is thought there have been instances. — Mark Twain

History is replete with instances of men, who, by dying with courage and compassion on their lips converted the hearts of their violent opponents. — Mahatma Gandhi

There are very few instances where writers have also been effective image makers - different skill sets are required. — Fred Ritchin

There have been so many instances in my life where movies, music, or literature has made my life tangibly better. — James Ponsoldt

In some instances, it may unfortunately be necessary for a Wife to seek outside employment, such as when the husband is dismembered or is dead. — Margaret Dilloway

Both instances, sweet. Also stupid, which pretty much defined Evan: sweet and stupid. — Sarah Beth Durst

Quite often good things have hurtful consequences. There are instances of men who have been ruined by their money or killed by their courage. — Aristotle.

In many instances, marriage vows would be more accurate if the phrase were changed to 'Until debt do us part'. — Sam Ewing

Well, executive producer can mean anything in the world of Hollywood, sadly. It can be a bought title in many instances. — Andrew Stanton

History supplied numerous instances to prove that brute force is as nothing before soul-force. — Mahatma Gandhi

Moreover, in those instances where the political success of a minority group has come first, the result has often been slower socioeconomic progress. — Jason L. Riley

they are mystified by certain instances. — William Carlos Williams

Nevertheless, as is a frequent occurrence in science, a general hypothesis was constructed from a few specific instances of a phenomenon. — Sidney Altman

You perceive I generalize with intrepidity from single instances. It is the tourist's custom. — Mark Twain

The instances that second marriage move
Are base respects of thrift, but none of love. — William Shakespeare

War, in some instances, especially defensive, has been authorized by Heaven. — Ezra Stiles

Even though Article IV of the Constitution says that treaties are the 'supreme law of the land', in most instances they're not even law. — Sonia Sotomayor

The film director, in many instances, has to swallow somebody else's decision about the final form of something. It's so hard as to be intolerable. — Trevor Nunn

It is in numberless instances happier to have a false opinion which we believe true, than a true one of which we doubt. — Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke

There is nothing like instances to grow hair on a bald-headed argument. — Mark Twain

Good and bad luck is a synonym in the great majority of instances, for good and bad judgment. — John Lyman Chatfield

Full of wise saws and modern instances. — William Shakespeare

All the performances of human art, at which we look with praise or wonder, are instances of the resistless force of perseverance. — Samuel Johnson

History is so indifferently rich, that a case for almost any conclusion from it can be made by a selection of instances. — Will Durant

There are some few instances in which it is virtuous to disobey. — Ann Radcliffe

I often question your actions, but rarely your reasoning. And this isn't one of those rare instances. — Sherry Thomas

Every object is beautiful in motion; a ship under sail, trees gently agitated with the wind, and a fine woman dancing, are three instances in point — Abigail Adams

Madness, like small fish, runs in hosts, in vast numbers of instances. — Philip K. Dick

This is one of those instances in which the individual genius is found to consent, as indeed it always does, at last, with the universal. — Henry David Thoreau

Lenience will operate with greater force, in some instances than rigor. It is therefore my first wish to have all of my conduct distinguished by it. — George Washington

In rare instances you have to give up what you thought was a great scene. — Keenen Ivory Wayans

In many instances, the words "sell" and "influence" are completely interchangeable. — Chris Murray

To make clever people believe we are what we are not is in most instances harder than really to become what we want to seem to be. — Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

General rules are dangerous of application in particular instances. — Charlotte Mary Yonge

We can get closer to the truth by negative instances, not by verification! It — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Automation and technology don't cure behavioral ruts: they just create new instances of them. — Kenneth Goldsmith

I've been guilty myself, in many instances, of thinking, when some new exciting idea comes along, 'This can't be right. — Paul Greengard

The term 'giant' is used too often to describe artists. But in the case of Akira Kurosawa, we have one of the rare instances where the term fits. — Martin Scorsese

Yes, life was made up of these instances in time. Big moments hidden inside little decisions. — Genevieve Dewey