Who said “Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is…”?

“To generalize is to be an idiot. To particularize is the alone distinction of merit. General knowledge are those knowledge that idiots possess.”

“We are more prone to generalize the bad than the good. We assume that the bad is more potent and contagious.”

“An idea is always a generalization, and generalization is a property of thinking. To generalize means to think.”

“Obvious enough that generalities work to protect the mind from the great outdoors; is it possible that this was in fact their first purpose?”

“A sweeping statement is the only statement worth listening to. The critic without faith gives balanced opinions, usually about second-rate writers.”

“Literature is news that stays news.”

“Real education must ultimately be limited to one who INSISTS on knowing, the rest is mere sheep-herding.”

“Good writers are those who keep the language efficient. That is to say, keep it accurate, keep it clear.”

“But the one thing you shd. not do is suppose that when something is wrong with the arts, it is wrong with the arts ONLY.”

“Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one's hand.”

“Wars are made to make debt.”