Generalize Quote by William Blake

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

“All generalizations are questionable.”

— Sandor Schuman

“I've found that people's generalizations are largely illuminating about themselves.”

— Lionel Shriver

“Prefer the specific to the general, the definite to the vague, the concrete to the abstract.”

— William Strunk Jr

“Sweeping generalizations are easy, but we are more alike than we are different. Our focus and interests may vary, or not, but to dismiss…

— Deborah Stanish

“To think is to ignore the differences, to generalize, to abstract.”

— Jorge Luis Borges

“Just to give you a general idea, he would explain to them. For of course some sort of general idea they must have, if…

— Aldous Huxley

“The historians criticized a tendency, as they phrased it, to too rapid generalization. Other people blamed my method; and those who complimented me were…

— André Gide

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

— Thomas B. Macaulay

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

No generalization is wholly true—not even this one.

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr