Particulars

Famous quotes containing the word particulars:

“Great causes are never tried on their merits; but the cause is reduced to particulars to suit the size of the partizans, and the contention is ever hottest on minor matters.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“The genius of the Platonists, is intoxicating to the student, yet how few particulars of it can I detach from all their books.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)