Distinction Quote by 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

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

— Thomas B. Macaulay

General knowledges are those knowledges that idiots possess.

— William Blake

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

Generalization, especially risky generalization, is one of the chief methods by which knowledge proceeds... Safe generalizations are usually rather boring. Delete that "usually rather."…

— Joseph Epstein

The word generalization in literature usually means covering too much territory too thinly to be persuasive, let alone convincing. In science, however, a generalization…

— R. Buckminster Fuller

If you don't generalize you don't philosophize.

— Robert M. Pirsig

No generalization is wholly true—not even this one.

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr

Avoid context and specifics; generalize and keep repeating the generalization.

— Jack Schwartz

No one sees further into a generalization than his own knowledge of detail extends.

— William James

This idea that there is generality in the specific is of far-reaching importance.

— Anonymous

I'm always careful in generalising things.

— Sebastian Kurz