Famous quotes containing the words general and/or purpose:
“As a general truth, it is safe to say that any picture that produces a moral impression is a bad picture.”
—Edmond De Goncourt (18221896)
“The strongest wind cannot stagger a Spirit; it is a Spirits breath. A just mans purpose cannot be split on any Grampus or material rock, but itself will split rocks till it succeeds.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)