Advancement Quote by Thomas B. Macaulay

Generalization is necessary to the advancement of knowledge; but particularity is indispensable to the creations of the imagination.

— Thomas B. Macaulay

As a poet and as an actress, we're taught to be far more elaborate with our words and - I wouldn't say generalize, but…

— Masiela Lusha

To generalize is to be an idiot. To particularize is the alone distinction of merit. General knowledge are those knowledge that idiots possess.

— William Blake

“To generalize is to be an idiot," said Blake. Perhaps he went too far. But to generalize is to be a finite mind. Generalities…

— C.S. Lewis

I often wonder why the whole world is so prone to generalise. Generalisations are seldom if ever true and are usually utterly inaccurate.

— Agatha Christie

Men are more apt to be mistaken in their generalizations than in their particular observations.

— Niccolo Machiavelli

Poets, in their way, are practical men; they are interested in results.

— Allen Tate

Men like to think well of themselves, and poets help them do it.

— Sheri S. Tepper

To generalize on women is dangerous. To specialize in them is infinitely worse.

— Rudolph Valentino

A great poet ought to a certain degree to rectify men's feelings... to render their feelings more sane, pure and permanent, in short, more…

— William Wordsworth

Certain supplementary restrictions imposed on the text compel us to perceive it as poetry. As soon as one assigns a given text to the…

— Yuri Lotman

Like all art, poems are only hints and guesses that draw our attention to something larger.

— Luci Shaw