Knowledge

 To Generalize is to be an Idiot. To Particularize is the Alone Distinction of Merit. General Knowledges are those Knowledges that Idiots possess.
- William Blake


 An idea is always a generalization, and generalization is a property of thinking. To generalize means to think.
-Georg Hegel


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




 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


"Knowledge is power, but enthusiasm pulls the switch."
- David March on knowledge