Commonest Quotes

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Why level downward to our dullest perception always, and praise that as common sense? The commonest sense is the sense of men asleep, which they… — Henry David Thoreau
Water is the commonest symbol for the unconscious. — Carl Jung
URBANITY, n. The kind of civility that urban observers ascribe to dwellers in all cities but New York. Its commonest expression is heard in the… — Ambrose Bierce
Not only the adoration of images is idolatry, but also trust in one's own righteousness, works and merits, and putting confidence in riches and power.… — Martin Luther
The commonest forms of amateur natural history in the United States are probably gardening, bird watching, the maintenance of aquarium fish, and nature photography. — Marston Bates
Buy good books, and read them; the best books are the commonest, and the last editions are always the best, if the editors are not… — Lord Chesterfield
Every scene, even the commonest, is wonderful, if only one can detach oneself, casting off all memory of use and custom and behold it, as… — Arnold Bennett
For proverbs are the pith, the proprieties, the proofs, the purities, the elegancies, as the commonest so the commendablest phrases of a language. To use… — John Florio
I believe that every human being is potentially capable within his 'limits' of fully 'realizing' his potentialities; that this, his being cheated and choked of… — James Agee
It is useful to the historian, among others, to be able to see the commonest forms of different phenomena, whether phonetic, morphological or other, and… — Ferdinand de Saussure
Whereas formerly, before the advent of machinery, the commonest article you could pick up had a life and warmth which gave it individual interest, now… — Harold Speed
The commonest form, one of the most often neglected, and the safest opportunity for the average man to seize, is hard work. — Arthur Brisbane
One of the commonest causes of failure in Christian life is found in the attempt to follow some good man whom we greatly admire. No… — Reuben Archer Torrey
Conviction brings a silent, indefinable beauty into faces made of the commonest human clay; the devout worshiper at any shrine reflects something of its golden… — Honore de Balzac
Though a quarrel in the streets is a thing to be hated, the energies displayed in it are fine; the commonest man shows a grace… — John Keats
To forget one's purpose is the commonest form of stupidity. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Marriage is for women the commonest mode of livelihood, and the total amount of undesired sex endured by women is probably greater in marriage than… — Bertrand Russell
George Washington, as a boy, was ignorant of the commonest accomplishments of youth. He could not even lie. — Mark Twain
The dog is the most faithful of animals and would be much esteemed were it not so common. Our Lord God has made His greatest… — Martin Luther
The commonest ivory tower is that of the average man, the state of passivity towards experience. — Wystan Hugh Auden

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