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Believe nothing, O monks, just because you have been told it, or it is commonly believed, or because it is traditional or because you…

— Gautama Buddha

“...the progress of science depends much less upon either theoretical considerations or systematic investigation than is commonly believed, but rather on the transmittal of…

— Gene Wolfe

“It's commonly believed that there's less pressure on a woman to be married these days than there used to be. If that's true, if…

— Sarah Miller

It's commonly said that if slaughterhouses had clear glass walls, nobody would eat meat. I think people go out of their way to remain…

— Steve-O

Talent is commonly developed at the expense of character.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

It is commonly said that a teacher fails if he has not been surpassed by his students. There has been no failure on our…

— Edmond H. Fischer

With what shift and pains we come into the World we remember not; but 'tis commonly found no easy matter to get out of…

— Thomas Browne

There is an expression now that is commonly used about these so-called internal conflicts which are not really internal, because they have connections to…

— Lakhdar Brahimi

“be appropriate for others. E.g., 'italic' is commonly used”

— Anonymous

Though 'Fire and Rain' is very personal, for other people it resonates as a sort of commonly held experience... And that's what happens with…

— James Taylor

Language mavens commonly confuse their own peeves with a worsening of the language.

— Steven Pinker

Did you know In the Top 100 words most commonly used, NO comes in at 56 and 'YES'isn't even on there..

— Rose

Maydens, be they never so foolyshe, yet beeing fayre they are commonly fortunate.

— John Lyly

Barium, which is commonly found in power plant waste and scrubber wastewater, has been linked to heart problems and diseases in other organs.

— Charles Duhigg

History is a lie commonly agreed upon.

— Oscar Wilde