As a general rule, people disappoint you as you know them.
Ambition never is in a greater hurry than I; it merely keeps pace with circumstances and with my general way of thinking.
You can never underestimate the stupidity of the general public.
History, in general, only informs us of what bad government is.
βIt is the business of a general to be quiet and thus ensure secrecy; upright and just, and thus maintain order.β
βA clever general, therefore, avoids an army when its spirit is keen, but attacks it when it is sluggish and inclined to return. This is the art of studying moods.β
Of mankind we may say in general they are fickle, hypocritical, and greedy of gain.
Liberty cannot be preserved without general knowledge among the people.
In general my children refuse to eat anything that hasn't danced in television.