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

— Robertson Davies

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Self-sacrifice which denies common sense is not a virtue. It's a spiritual dissipation. ↗

— Margaret Deland

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Philosophy is common sense with big words. ↗

— James Madison

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A balanced program for tax reform based upon the common sense idea of lowering taxes out of surplus revenues. ↗

— Andrew Mellon

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I have confidence in people's basic common sense. ↗

— Dixie Lee Ray

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Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education. ↗

— Victor Hugo

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Taste is the common sense of genius. ↗

— Victor Hugo

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All truth, in the long run, is only common sense clarified. ↗

— Thomas Huxley

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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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