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«For parlor use, the vague generality is a life saver.»
Author: George Ade
(Journalist, Playwright, Writer)
| Keywords:
generalities, generality, saver, savers, vague
«Obvious enough that generalities work to protect the mind from the great outdoors; is it possible that this was in fact their first purpose?»
«We think in generalities, but we live in detail»
Author: Alfred North Whitehead
(Mathematician, Philosopher)
| Keywords:
detail, generalities, generality, in detail
«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 on using generalities to which everyone can subscribe, and which mean very little.»
Author: Eleanor Roosevelt
(Diplomat, First Lady, Humanitarian)
| About:
Politics
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definite, generalities, generality, go on, grow up, politics, subscribe, subscribed, subscribe to, subscribing, using
«The generality of men are naturally swayed more by fear than by reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because of the punishment that it brings than because of its own foulness»
Author: Aristotle
(Philosopher, Physician, Scientist)
| Keywords:
foulness, generalities, generality, naturally, refrain, refrained, refraining, refrains, reverence, swayed, swaying, sways
«We have penetrated far less deeply into the regularities obtaining within the realm of living things, but deeply enough nevertheless to sense at least the rule of fixed necessity... what is still lacking here is a grasp of the connections of profound generality, but not a knowledge of order itself.»
Author: Albert Einstein
(Physicist)
| Keywords:
connections, generalities, generality, obtaining, penetrated, regularities, rules of order
«We must not always judge of the generality of the opinion by the noise of the acclamation.»
«You give me fresh life and vigour. Adieu to disappointment and spleen. What are men to rocks and mountains? Oh! what hours of transport we shall spend! And when we do return, it shall not be like other travelers, without being able to give one accurate idea of any thing. We will know where we have gone ? we will recollect what we have seen. Lakes, mountains, and rivers shall not be jumbled together in our imaginations; nor when we attempt to describe any particular scene, will we begin quarrelling about its relative situation. Let our first effusions be less insupportable than those of the generality of travelers.»
Author: Jane Austen
(Novelist, Writer)
| Keywords:
accurate, adieu, effusion, generalities, generality, imaginations, insupportable, jumble, jumbled, jumbles, jumbling, lakes, recollect, recollected, recollects, relative, scene, spleen, transport, transported, transporting, transports, travelers, vigour
«You cannot make it as a wandering generality. You must become a meaningful specific.»
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