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Science is nothing, but trained and organized common sense. ↗

— Thomas Huxley

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The wisdom of the wise is an uncommon degree of common sense. ↗

— Dean Inge

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It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense. ↗

— Robert Green Ingersoll

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Common sense is calculation applied to life. ↗

— Henri Frederic Amiel

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Common sense is the measure of the possible; it is composed of experience and prevision; it is calculation applied to life. ↗

— Henri Frederic Amiel

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The same principles which at first view lead to skepticism, pursued to a certain point, bring men back to common sense. ↗

— George Berkeley

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Friendless. Having no favors to bestow. Destitute of fortune. Addicted to utterance of truth and common sense. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

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Common sense says that chairs and tables exist independently of whether anyone happens to perceive them or not. ↗

— Charles D. Broad

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This is a bipartisan effort. This is just good common sense. This is where the public wants us to go. They want us to not be so dependent on foreign oil. ↗

— Sam Brownback

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Academic and aristocratic people live in such an uncommon atmosphere that common sense can rarely reach them. ↗

— Samuel Butler

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