The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because of the punishment that it brings than because of its own foulness. Aristotle
The generality of virtuous women are like hidden treasures, they are safe only because nobody has sought after them. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Since the generality of persons act from impulse, much more than from principle, men are neither so good nor so bad as we are apt to think them. Augustus Hare
For parlor use, the vague generality is a life saver. George Ade
Even before string theory, especially as physics developed in the 20th century, it turned out that the equations that really work in describing nature with the most generality and the greatest simplicity are very elegant and subtle. Edward Witten
