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Quote by Eric Hoffer
We are more prone to generalize the bad than the good. We assume t

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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We feel free when we escape — even if it be but from the frying pan into the fire. – Eric Hoffer

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Disappointment is a sort of bankruptcy – the bankruptcy of a soul that expends too much in hope and expectation. – 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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Generalization is necessary to the advancement of knowledge; but particularly is indispensable to the creations of the imagination. In proportion as men know more and think more they look less at individuals and more at classes. They therefore make better theories and worse poems. – Thomas Babington Macaulay

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

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