Remember that in every single case in history the process of adaptation has been one of exceeding slowness. Do not look for the impossible, but do not let your path deviate from the quiet and steadfast insistence on full opportunities for your powers. Franz Boas
What is the universal? The single case. What is the particular? Millions of cases. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
You should never marry a lot younger than you...never.... it never works ...there is not a single case of its working.. Patrick Modiano
I know of no single case in which it has failed. Mahatma Gandhi
And never - not in a single case - was the explanation, 'I was pressured to do this.' The explanation was very often, 'The limited data we had led one to reasonably conclude this. I now see that there's another explanation for it.' David Kay
As Attorney General, Solicitor General, and Assistant Attorney General,...he lost but a single case in the Supreme Court. Against [that] may be tallied some twenty-seven arguments which he won. Robert H. Jackson