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

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

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

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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And we want to develop our strategy to partnership and friendship with the United States, which is connected with a very rich history but what is very important for our future. – Aleksander Kwasniewski

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It is the quality of our work which will please God and not the quantity. – Mahatma Gandhi

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