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• Murder is commoner among cooks than among members of any other profession. — Wystan Hugh Auden
• A virtue to be serviceable must, like gold, be alloyed with some commoner, but more durable alloy. — Samuel Butler
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• Bravely you jog along with the rope of class distinction drawing closer, close, tighter, tighter around you... I see it and know… — Miles Franklin
• Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes of this world have the spirit and power of philosophy, and political greatness… — Plato
• There is nothing like oratory, it is a skill that can turn a commoner into a king. — Winston Churchill
• The first principle of my own philosophy is that wisdom is meant for anyone who wishes to reach for it. It is… — L. Ron Hubbard
• I'm just some commoner trying to work in acting. — Sheridan Smith
• The most fortunate of men, Be he a king or commoner, is he Whose welfare is assured in his own home. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
• It will be said that the joy of mental adventure must be rare, that there are few who can appreciate it, and… — Bertrand Russell
• Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the… — Jean de La Fontaine
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