Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Justice, Jurist, Author
"No generalization is wholly true—not even this one."
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Generalization
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Military Leader, Politician
"All generalizations are inaccurate, including this one."
Karl Marx
Philosopher, Economist
"The English have all the material requisites for the revolution. What they lack is the spirit of generalization and revolutionary ardour."
Mark Twain
Writer, Humorist
"Every generalization is dangerous, especially this one."
Claude Bernard
Physiologist
"Particular facts are never scientific; only generalization can establish science."
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"No one sees further into a generalization than his own knowledge of detail extends."
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