"It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular."
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"A creature who has spent his life creating one particular representation of his selfdom will die rather than become the antithesis of that representation"
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"Love without end, hath no end, says the Spaniard: (meaning, if it were not begun on particular ends, it would last)."
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"Academics are mostly professionals, involved in their work and other concerns of their own, with no particular interest in the workings of the ideological system."
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"I'm very particular about the pizza that I eat. Godfather's is still a premium-quality product, and I cannot always find that. It's got to be as good as Godfather's or I won't eat it."
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"What is the universal? The single case. What is the particular? Millions of cases."
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"The important thing is not to know more than all men, but to know more at each moment than any particular man."
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"I too am compelled to carry the gospel of freedom beyond my particular hometown."
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"I don't ascribe to any particular style or period."
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"When one has no particular talent for anything, one takes to the pen."
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