Common Sense Quotes - Page 2

• Common sense is not so common.

  Voltaire

  Life, Wisdom, Witty

  Dictionnaire Philosophique "Common Sense" (1765)

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• It has been said that there is nothing more uncommon than common sense.

  Thomas Chalmers

  Said, Uncommon, Has Beens

  Thomas Chalmers (1840). “On natural theology”, p.276

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• It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Motivational, Leadership, Perseverance

  Address at Oglethorpe University, 22 May (1932)

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• Common sense is nothing more than a deposit of prejudices laid down by the mind before you reach eighteen.

  Albert Einstein

  Mind, Prejudice, Statistics

  Quoted in Lincoln Barnett, The Universe and Dr. Einstein (1950)

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• A sense of humor is just common sense dancing.

  William James

  Dance, Humor, Dancing

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• Success is more a function of consistent common sense than it is of genius.

  Dr. An Wang

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  "Lessons: An Autobiography". Book by An Wang, September 22, 1986.

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• Society is produced by our wants and government by our wickedness.

  Thomas Paine

  4th Of July, Government, Evil

  Thomas Paine (2015). “Common Sense: and The American Crisis I”, p.15, Penguin

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• Common sense (which, in truth, is very uncommon) is the best sense I know of: abide by it; it will counsel you best.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Truth Is, Uncommon, Knows

  Lord Chesterfield, David Roberts (2008). “Lord Chesterfield's Letters”, p.97, Oxford University Press

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• Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.

  William James

  Funny, Dance, Laughter

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• Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one; for when we suffer, or are exposed to the same miseries by a government, which we might expect in a country without government, our calamity is heightened by reflecting that we furnish the means by which we suffer.

  Thomas Paine

  Wisdom, Country, Mean

  Thomas Paine (2017). “Common Sense & The Rights of Man - The Voice of the American Revolution: Words of a Visionary That Sparked the Revolution and Remained the Core of American Democratic Principles”, p.4, Madison & Adams Press

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• Common sense is what tells us the earth is flat.

  Stuart Chase

  Inspirational, Spiritual, Thought Provoking

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• The left no longer stands for common sense, as it did in the days of Tom Paine.

  Christopher Lasch

  Paine, Left, Toms

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• Faith is believing in things when common sense tells you not to.

  George Seaton

  Inspirational, Faith, Believe

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• If we seek the pleasures of love, passion should be occasional, and common sense continual.

  Robertson Davies

  Love, Life, Passion

  "The Pleasures of Love," in "Saturday Night", December 23, 1961.

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• This battle for 'common-sense' gun control laws pits emotion and passion against logic and reason. All too often in such a contest, logic loses. So, expect more meaningless, if not harmful, 'gun control' legislation. Good news - if you're a crook.

  Larry Elder

  Passion, Gun, Law

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• Have common sense and stick to the point.

  W. Somerset Maugham

  Sticks, Common

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• Common sense, in so far as it exists, is all for the bourgeoisie. Nonsense is the privilege of the aristocracy. The worries of the world are for the common people.

  George Jean Nathan

  People, Worry, Bourgeoisie

  George Jean Nathan (1960). “The magic mirror: selected writings on the theatre”

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• Spaniards have always shown great maturity and great common sense when it comes to voting.

  Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

  Maturity, Voting, Spaniards

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• That rarest gift to Beauty, Common Sense!

  George Meredith

  Beauty, Common

  George Meredith (1912). “Poems of George Meredith”, p.242, Library of Alexandria

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• A great deal has been said about my commitment not to raise taxes. It's a core value - it's common sense - it's important to keeping and growing jobs - and it's mainstream!

  Tim Pawlenty

  Jobs, Commitment, Important

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• If common sense has not the brilliancy of the sun, it has the fixity of the stars

  Francisco Largo Caballero

  Stars, Sun, Ifs

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• I believe that Canadians have the common sense to see that a better future cannot be built on fragmentation.

  Kim Campbell

  Believe, Better Future, Fragmentation

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• Don't be afraid to trust your own common sense.

  Benjamin Spock

  Common

  Benjamin Spock, M.D. (2012). “Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care, 9th Edition”, p.25, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• Common sense is the genius of humanity.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Meaningful, Humanity, Genius

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• Common sense is compelled to make its way without the enthusiasm of anyone.

  E. W. Howe

  Literature, Enthusiasm, Way

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