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A sweeping statement is the only statement worth listening to. The

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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A man is original when he speaks the truth that has always been known to all good men. – Patrick Kavanagh

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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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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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