#general

General: I attempted to take Williamsport yesterday, but found too large a force of infantry and artillery. After a long fight, I withdrew to this place. ↗

— John Buford

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Shields were generally made of wood, covered with leather, or some similar substance. To secure them, in some sort, from being cut through by the sword, they were surrounded with a hoop of metal. ↗

— Thomas Bulfinch

#covered #cut #generally #hoop #leather

I think every human being has a level of melancholy in life and in general. ↗

— Sandra Bullock

#every #general #human #human being #i

It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare. ↗

— Edmund Burke

#error #general #loudest #most #popular

In effect, to follow, not to force the public inclination; to give a direction, a form, a technical dress, and a specific sanction, to the general sense of the community, is the true end of legislature. ↗

— Edmund Burke

#direction #dress #effect #end #follow

I'm kind of a nervous person in general. I'm socially awkward. I'm not tall and sensuous. I usually wear sweats everywhere I go. Oh, and I burp a lot. ↗

— Carrie Underwood

#everywhere #general #go #i #kind

Men in general are quick to believe that which they wish to be true. ↗

— Julius Caesar

#believe #general #men #quick #true

Generally, we admire the thing we are not. ↗

— Stephen Fry

#generally #thing

What if Barack Obama established a Presidential Advisory Committee that would meet once every couple of months, bringing together the former presidents for a conference in order to seek their collective wisdom? There is a wealth of experience in former presidents that generally goes untapped. ↗

— Tony Campolo

#barack #barack obama #bringing #collective #committee

The education that prepared me was my general education classes, which I tried to avoid when I was a stupid undergraduate, but which gave me the foundation of general knowledge that makes a career as a writer possible. ↗

— Orson Scott Card

#career #classes #education #foundation #gave