Quotes by Macaulay, Thomas B.

Logicians may reason about abstractions. But the great mass of men mus >>

He was a rake among scholars, and a scholar among rakes. >>

She thoroughly understands what no other Church has ever understood, h >>

Quotations about Generalizations

Generalization is necessary to the advancement of knowledge; but parti >>

To generalize is to be an idiot. To particularize is the alone distinc >>

An idea is always a generalization, and generalization is a property o >>

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.

Macaulay, Thomas B.