Common Quotes

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Desire is individual. Happiness is common. — Julian Casablancas
Vanity can easily overtake wisdom. It usually overtakes common sense. — Julian Casablancas
If people use common sense and their own guiding moral compass, I think they'll generally stay out of trouble. — Steve Chabot
Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something. — Anton Chekhov
I am very sure that any man of common understanding may, by culture, care, attention, and labor, make himself what- ever he pleases, except a… — Lord Chesterfield
We have a close, unshakable bond between the United States and Israel, and between the American and Israeli people. We share common values and a… — Hillary Clinton
For this equilibrium now in sight, let us trust that mankind, as it has occurred in the greatest periods of its past, will find for… — Albert Claude
Many of you are well enough off that the tax cuts may have helped you. We're saying that for America to get back on track,… — Hillary Clinton
Dignity does not come from avenging insults, especially from violence that can never be justified. It comes from taking responsibility and advancing our common humanity. — Hillary Clinton
The new rage is to say that the government is the cause of all our problems, and if only we had no government, we'd have… — William J. Clinton
Women are a sisterhood. They make common cause in behalf of the sex; and, indeed, this is natural enough, when we consider the vast power… — William Cobbett
Common sense is the measure of the possible; it is composed of experience and prevision; it is calculation applied to life. — Henri Frederic Amiel
Common sense is calculation applied to life. — Henri Frederic Amiel
Common and vulgar people ascribe all ills that they feel to others; people of little wisdom ascribe to themselves; people of much wisdom, to no… — Epictetus
More than ever before in human history, we share a common destiny. We can master it only if we face it together. And that, my… — Kofi Annan
Man should not consider his material possession his own, but as common to all, so as to share them without hesitation when others are in… — Thomas Aquinas
Law; an ordinance of reason for the common good, made by him who has care of the community. — Thomas Aquinas
Swimming is not a sport. Swimming is a way to keep from drowning. That's just common sense! — George Carlin
There are two kinds of existentialist; first, those who are Christian...and on the other hand the atheistic existentialists, among whom...I class myself. What they have… — Jean-Paul Sartre
Most soulish believers assume an attitude of self-righteousness, though often it is scarcely detectable. They hold tenaciously to their minute opinions we ought to lay… — Watchman Nee

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