Commonest Quotes

59 quotes by 49 authors

It is no disparagement to the garden to say it will not fence and weed itself, nor prune its own fruit trees, nor roll and… — C.S. Lewis
I have grown to love secrecy. It seems to be the one thing that can make modern life mysterious or marvelous to us. The commonest… — Oscar Wilde
The only freedom that is of enduring importance is the freedom of intelligence, that is to say, freedom of observation and of judgment, exercised in… — John Dewey
Appeals to the past are among the commonest of strategies in interpretations of the present. — Edward Said
He didn't want her; he wanted me. Well, you know how it is." Dalgliesh did know. This, after all, was the commonest, the most banal… — P.D. James
The commonest weakness of our race is our ability to rationalize our most selfish purposes. — Robert A. Heinlein
For there are two possible reactions to social ostracism - either a man emerges determined to be better, purer, and kindlier or he goes bad,… — John Steinbeck
The two commonest mistakes in judgement ... are, the confounding of shyness with arrogance - a very common mistake indeed - and the not understanding… — Charles Dickens
One of the commonest things to do with savings is to lend them to some Government. In view of the fact that the bulk of… — Bertrand Russell
Why are all reflections lovelier than what we call reality? -- not so grand or so strong, it may be, but always lovelier? Fair as… — George MacDonald
Taking the continent as a whole, this religious tension may be responsible for the revival of the commonest racial feeling. Africa is divided into Black… — Frantz Fanon
The commonest fallacy among women is that simply having children makes them a mother - which is as absurd as believing that having a piano… — Sydney J. Harris
One of the commonest mistakes is thinking your worries are over when your children get married. — Kin Hubbard
It is the commonest of mistakes to consider that the limit of our power of perception is also the limit of all there is to… — Charles Webster Leadbeater
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
The commonest error made in relation to poetry is that it consists simply in verse-making. Many confound the casket of meter and rhyme with the… — Orson F. Whitney
The commonest objection to birth control is that it is against nature. — Bertrand Russell

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