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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Men do not understand books until they have a certain amount of life, or at any rate no man understands a deep book, until he has seen and lived at least part of its contents. – Ezra Pound

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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

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

A sweeping statement is the only statement worth listening to. The critic without faith gives balanced opinions, usually about second-rate writers. – Patrick Kavanagh

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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Life in the twentieth century is like a parachute jump: you have to get it right the first time. – Margaret Mead

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The madness of depression is the antithesis of violence. It is a storm indeed, but a storm of murk. Soon evident are the slowed-down responses, near paralysis, psychic energy throttled back close to zero. Ultimately, the body is affected and feels sapped, drained. – William Styron

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An ounce of blood is worth more than a pound of friendship. – Spanish Proverb

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