Everyone confesses that exertion which brings out all the powers of body and mind is the best thing for us; but most people do all they can to get rid of it, and as a general rule nobody does much more than circumstances drive them to do. Harriet Beecher Stowe
As to the deceit perpetrated upon women, let it pass, for, when love is in the way, men and women as a general rule dupe each other. Giacomo Casanova
I'm not a people person. I'm not sociable. I have been and I can be, but not as a general rule. John Simm
Apple doesn't do hobbies as a general rule. Tim Cook
As a general rule philosophy is like stirring mud or not letting a sleeping dog lie. Samuel Butler (novelist)
As a general rule philosophy is like stirring mud or not letting a sleeping dog lie. It is an attempt to deny, circumvent or otherwise escape from the consequences of the interlacing of the roots of things with one another. Samuel Butler (novelist)