Generalities Quotes

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Reality deals in specifics under the guise of generalities. Literature does the contrary... — Alberto Manguel
Only the great generalizations survive. The sharp words of the Declaration of Independence, lampooned then and since as 'glittering generalities,' have turned out blazing ubiquities… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
We think in generalities, but we live in detail. To make the past live, we must perceive it in detail in addition to thinking of… — Alfred North Whitehead
Providence conceals itself in the details of human affairs, but becomes unveiled in the generalities of history. — Alphonse de Lamartine
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
Sometimes I wonder if we shall ever grow up in our politics and say definite things which mean something, or whether we shall always go… — Eleanor Roosevelt
We think in generalities, but we live in detail. — Alfred North Whitehead
For particulars, as everyone knows, make for virtue and happiness; generalities are intellectually necessary evils. Not philosophers but fretsawyers and stamp collectors compose the backbone… — Aldous Huxley
The great majority of people are â€œwandering generalitiesâ€ rather than â€œmeaningful specificsâ€. The fact is that you can't bit a target that you can't see.… — Zig Ziglar
Art has no other object than to set aside the symbols of practical utility, the generalities that are conventionally and socially accepted, everything in fact… — Henri Bergson
Out-weariers of Apollo will, as we know, continue their Martian generalities, We have kept our erasers in order. — Ezra Pound

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