To Know Is Not Less Than To

General Propositions Do Not Decide Concrete Cases. The Decision Will Depend On A Judgment Or Intuition More Subtle Than Any Articulate Major Premise.

Even A Dog Distinguishes Between Being Stumbled Over And Being Kicked.

No Generalization Is Wholly True—not Even This One.

The Nearer You Come Into Relation With A Person, The More Necessary Do Tact And Courtesy Become.

And Silence, Like A Poultice, Comes To Heal The Blows Of Sound.