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Instance Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
- I have wished to see chemistry applied to domestic objects, to malting, for instance, brewing, making cider, to fermentation and distillation generally, to the making…
- It is a moot question whether the origin of any kind of property is derived from nature at all. It is agreed by those who…
- I acknowledge that such a debt [of service to my fellow-citizens] exists, that a tour of duty in whatever line he can be most useful…
- Those characters wherein fear predominates over hope may apprehend too much from...instances of irregularity. They may conclude too hastily that nature has formed man insusceptible…
- The movements of nature are in a never ending circle. The animal species which has once been put into a train of motion, is still…
- No instance exists of a person's writing two language perfectly. That will always appear to be his native language which was most familiar to him…
- I never saw an instance of one or two disputants convincing the other by argument.
- It is better to tolerate the rare instance of a parent refusing to let his child be educated, than to shock the common feelings and…
- A departure from principle in one instance becomes a precedent for a second; that second for a third; and so on, till the bulk of…
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- Children are supposed to help hold a marriage together. They do this in a number of ways. For instance, they demand so… — Richard Armour
- When the British came to Ibo land, for instance, at the beginning of the 20th century, and defeated the men in pitched… — Chinua Achebe
- He who is void of virtuous attachments in private life is, or very soon will be, void of all regard for his… — Samuel Adams
- An anxious unrest, a fierce craving desire for gain has taken possession of the commercial world, and in instances no longer rare… — Felix Adler
- Nevertheless, as is a frequent occurrence in science, a general hypothesis was constructed from a few specific instances of a phenomenon. — Sidney Altman
- If you have to prove a theorem, do not rush. First of all, understand fully what the theorem says, try to see… — George Polya
- There are evils that have the ability to survive identification and go on for ever... money, for instance, or war. — Saul Bellow
- You shall always find what you created in your mind, for instance, a benevolent God or an evil Devil. Between them are… — Hans Bender