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Quotations on Common Sense
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Common sense is what tells us the Earth is flat and the Sun goes around it. ~ Unknown
Common sense and nature will do a lot to make the pilgrimage of life not too difficult. ~ W. Somerset Maugham
Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education. ~ Victor Hugo
Nothing is more fairly distributed than common sense: no one thinks he needs more of it than he already has. ~ Rene Descartes
Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done. ~ Josh Billings
Common sense is instinct, and enough of it is genius. ~ Josh Billings
Common sense is compelled to make its way without the enthusiasm of anyone. ~ Ed Howe
He was one of those men who possess almost every gift, except the gift of the power to use them. ~ Charles Kingsley
Common sense is only a modification of talent. Genius is an exaltation of it. The difference is, therefore, in degree, not nature. ~ Edward Bulwer-Lytton
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