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Quote by Ezra Pound
Any general statement is like a check drawn on a bank. Its value d

Any general statement is like a check drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it. – Ezra Pound

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Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree. – Ezra Pound

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I dunno what my 23 infantile years in America signify. I left as soon as motion was autarchic — I mean my motion. – Ezra Pound

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The act of bellringing is symbolic of all proselytizing religions. It implies the pointless interference with the quiet of other people. – Ezra Pound

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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

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We are more prone to generalize the bad than the good. We assume that the bad is more potent and contagious. – Eric Hoffer

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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

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An idea is always a generalization, and generalization is a property of thinking. To generalize means to think. – G. W. F. Hegel

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The narrower the mind, the broader the statement. – Ted Cook

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