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

Robert Adams (1989). “Beauty in photography: essays in defense of traditional values”

I was born, for instance, incapable of appreciating music.

Maria Mitchell (1896). “Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals”

Antisemitism, for instance, is simply not the doctrine of a grown-up person.

George Orwell, Ian Angus, Sheila Davison (1998). “The Complete Works of George Orwell: I have tried to tell the truth, 1943-1944”

Anyone who knows of a provable instance of colour discrimination ought always to expose it.

George Orwell (1968). “The Collected Essays, Journalism, and Letters of George Orwell: As I please, 1943-1945”

General rules are dangerous of application in particular instances.

Charlotte Mary Yonge (1873). “The Pillars of the House, Or Under Wode, Under Rode”, p.268

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

Ann Radcliffe (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ann Radcliffe (Illustrated)”, p.1205, Delphi Classics