Commonly Quotes
412 quotes by 287 authors
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It is in life as it is in ways, the shortest way is commonly the foulest, and surely the fairer way is not much about.
— Francis Bacon
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Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.
— Francis Bacon
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Clairvoyant, n.: A person, commonly a woman, who has the power of seeing that which is invisible to her patron - namely, that he is…
— Ambrose Bierce
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Abscond - to move in a mysterious way, commonly with the property of another.
— Ambrose Bierce
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Ability is commonly found to consist mainly in a high degree of solemnity.
— Ambrose Bierce
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Suffrage, noun. Expression of opinion by means of a ballot. The right of suffrage (which is held to be both a privilege and a duty)…
— Ambrose Bierce
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It is commonly supposed that the art of pleasing is a wonderful aid in the pursuit of fortune; but the art of being bored is…
— Nicolas Chamfort
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As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be…
— Lord Chesterfield
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It is commonly said that a teacher fails if he has not been surpassed by his students.
— Edmond H. Fischer
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The procrastinator is not only indolent and weak, but commonly, false, too; most of the weak are false.
— Johann Kaspar Lavater
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The idea that no one is perfect is a view most commonly held by people with no grandchildren.
— Doug Larson
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In times of affliction we commonly meet with the sweetest experiences of the love of God.
— John Bunyan
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Eyes of youth have sharp sight but commonly not so deep as those of elder age.
— Elizabeth I
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It is in a way a mystery that, instead of demanding that their governments give primary attention to their own needs and aspirations, most of…
— J. William Fulbright
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Slavery may, perhaps, be best compared to the infantile disease of measles; a complaint which so commonly attacks the young of humanity in their infancy,…
— Olive Schreiner
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I address you with neither rancor nor bitterness in the fading twilight of life, with but one purpose in mind: to serve my country. The…
— Douglas MacArthur
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To plant and maintain a flower border, with a good scheme for colour, is by no means the easy thing that is commonly supposed.
— Gertrude Jekyll
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Estimates suggest that from 20 to 50 million Americans routinely, albeit illegally, smoke marijuana without the benefit of direct medical supervision. Yet, despite this long…
— Frances M. Young
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The hero is commonly the simplest and obscurest of men.
— Henry David Thoreau
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Philanthropic and religious bodies do not commonly make their executive officers out of saints.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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