To Generalize is to be an Idiot. To Particularize is the Al… - William Blake

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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

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William Blake (November 28 1757 – August 12 1827) was an English poet, Christian mystic, painter, printmaker, and engraver.

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Alternative Names: W. Blake • Uil'iam Bleik • Blake

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To generalize is to be an idiot.

To Generalize is to be an Idiot; To Particularize is the Alone Distinction of Merit.

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John Milton Lord Byron William Shakespeare Samuel Taylor Coleridge Percy Bysshe Shelley

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The prince's robes and beggar's rags,
Are toadstools on the miser's bags.
A truth that's told with bad intent,
Beats all the lies you can invent

The modest Rose puts forth a Thorn.
The humble Sheep a threat'ning Horn.
While the Lily white shall in love delight.
Nor a Thorn nor a threat stain her beauty bright.

The fool who persists in his folly will become wise.

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

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