“ Generalization is necessary to the advancement of knowledge; but particularly is indispensable to the creations of the imagination. In proportion as men know more and think more they look less at individuals and more at classes. They therefore make better theories and worse poems. ”
- Thomas B. Macaulay- Copy
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“ We are more prone to generalize the bad than the good. We assume that the bad is more potent and contagious. ”
- Eric Hoffer- Copy
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“ A sweeping statement is the only statement worth listening to. The critic without faith gives balanced opinions, usually about second-rate writers. ”
- Patrick Kavanagh- Copy
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“ To generalize is to be an idiot. To particularize is the alone distinction of merit. General knowledge are those knowledge that idiots possess. ”
- Sir William Blake- Copy
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“ Obvious enough that generalities work to protect the mind from the great outdoors; is it possible that this was in fact their first purpose? ”
- Howard Nemerov- Copy
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“ Any general statement is like a check drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it. ”
- Ezra- Copy
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“ Men are more apt to be mistaken in their generalizations than in their particular observations. ”
- Niccolo Machiavelli- Copy
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“ For my part I distrust all generalizations about women, favorable and unfavorable, masculine and feminine, ancient and modern; all alike, I should say, result from paucity of experience. ”
- Bertrand Russell- Copy
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“ People who like quotations love meaningless generalizations. ”
- Graham Greene- Copy
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“ Crude classifications and false generalizations are the curse of organized life. ”
- George Bernard Shaw- Copy
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