#common

A constitutional statesman is in general a man of common opinions and uncommon abilities. ↗

— Walter Bagehot

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The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

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When we believe ourselves in possession of the only truth, we are likely to be indifferent to common everyday truths. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

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It is a commonplace that the League of Nations is not yet-what its most enthusiastic protagonists intended it to be. ↗

— Hjalmar Branting

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Fortunate people often have very favorable beginnings and very tragic endings. What matters isn't being applauded when you arrive - for that is common - but being missed when you leave. ↗

— Baltasar Gracian

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We observe closely related species in sympatry and infer how they evolved from a common ancestor. ↗

— Peter R. Grant

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A well chosen anthology is a complete dispensary of medicine for the more common mental disorders, and may be used as much for prevention as cure. ↗

— Robert Graves

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It is a common phenomenon that just the prettiest girls find it so difficult to get a man. ↗

— Heinrich Heine

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But Walt and him shared the same kind of optimism. Walt believed in himself, and he was optimistic about what he wanted to do. He just knew it will be okay, and Dali was the same way. They had a great deal in common that way. ↗

— John Hench

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What are you going to do to preserve a tradition that is the peculiar and unique culture that Judaism inculcates? The American Jewish community is not going to survive by lining up against its common enemy. ↗

— Arthur Hertzberg

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