Commonly Quotes

412 quotes by 287 authors

That morning was when I first began to reappraise the 'white man.' It was when I first began to perceive that 'white man,' as commonly… — Malcolm X
Male, A member of the unconsidered or negligible gender. The male of the human race is commonly known to the female as Mere Man. The… — Ambrose Bierce
A strong memory is commonly coupled with infirm judgment. — Michel de Montaigne
But by far the greatest hindrance and aberration of the human understanding proceeds from the dullness, incompetency, and deceptions of the senses; in that things… — Francis Bacon
Botany, n. The science of vegetables - those that are not good to eat, as well as those that are. It deals largely with their… — Ambrose Bierce
Sincerity is like traveling on a plain, beaten road, which commonly brings a man sooner to his journey's end than by-ways, in which men often… — John Tillotson
Absolute, true, and mathematical time, in and of itself and of its own nature, without reference to anything external, flows uniformly and by another name… — Isaac Newton
It is commonly supposed that the uniformity of a studious life affords no matter for narration: but the truth is, that of the most studious… — Samuel Johnson
It is commonly seen by experience that excellent memories do often accompany weak judgements. — Michel de Montaigne
The philosophy commonly called individualism is a philosophy of social cooperation and the progressive intensification of the social nexus. — Ludwig von Mises
In all matters of opinion and science ... the difference between men is ... oftener found to lie in generals than in particulars; and to… — David Hume
The most heated defenders of a science, who cannot endure the slightest sneer at it, are commonly those who have not made very much progress… — Georg C. Lichtenberg
The logic now in use serves rather to fix and give stability to the errors which have their foundation in commonly received notions than to… — Francis Bacon
Deformed persons commonly take revenge on nature. — Francis Bacon
Want compassion is not to be numbered among the general faults of mankind. The black ingredient which fouls our disposition is envy. Hence our eyes,… — Henry Fielding
If a woman plans to terminate her pregnancy, she commonly refers to the life within her as the 'fetus'. But if she intends to deliver… — James Dobson
Epicurus says, "gratitude is a virtue that has commonly profit annexed to it." And where is the virtue that has not? But still the virtue… — Seneca the Younger
What is commonly called love, namely the desire of satisfying a voracious appetite with a certain quantity of delicate white human flesh. — Henry Fielding
Commonly they must use their feet for defense whose only weapon is their tongue. — Philip Sidney
The English language has about 450,000 commonly used words, but more may be needed. What to you call someone who has lost a sibling or… — Jeffrey Zaslow

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