Commonly Quotes

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To explicate the uses of the Brain seems as difficult a task as to paint the Soul, of which it is commonly said, that it… — Thomas Willis
What people commonly call fate is mostly their own stupidity. — Arthur Schopenhauer
One of the most commonly overlooked spiritual practices is daring to be completely honest with everyone you encounter. Some may say others cannot handle their… — Matthew Kahn
Experiments in geology are far more difficult than in physics and chemistry because of the greater size of the objects, commonly outside our laboratories, up… — Reinout Willem van Bemmelen
Some years ago John Kenneth Galbraith wrote in an essay on his efforts at writing a history of economics: 'As one approaches the present, one… — Abraham Pais
The usefulness of mathematics in furthering the sciences is commonly acknowledged: but outside the ranks of the experts there is little inquiry into its nature… — Herbert Turnbull
I am so in favor of the actual infinite that instead of admitting that Nature abhors it, as is commonly said, I hold that Nature… — Gottfried Leibniz
... for it is a truth, which the experience of all ages has attested, that the people are commonly most in danger when the means… — Alexander Hamilton
Him, who incessantly laughs in the street, you may commonly hear grumbling in his closet. — Johann Kaspar Lavater
It may be laid down as a general rule, that their confidence in and obedience to a government, will be commonly proportioned to the goodness… — Alexander Hamilton
The truth is that the general genius of a government is all that can be substantially relied upon for permanent effects. Particular provisions, though not… — Alexander Hamilton
An over-scrupulous jealousy of danger to the rights of the people, which is more commonly the fault of the head than of the heart, will… — Alexander Hamilton
It is a just observation that the people commonly intend the Public Good. This often applies to their very errors. But their good sense would… — Alexander Hamilton
These considerations and many others that might be mentioned prove, and experience confirms it, that artisans and manufacturers will commonly be disposed to bestow their… — James Madison
It is just observation that the people commonly intend the Public Good. — Alexander Hamilton
The death of a dear friend, wife, brother, lover, which seemed nothing but privation, somewhat later assumes the aspect of a guide or genius; for… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
What men call social virtues, good fellowship, is commonly but the virtue of pigs in a litter, which lie close together to keep each other… — Henry David Thoreau
I am commonly opposed to those who modestly assume the rank of champions of liberty, and make a very patriotic noise about the people. It… — Fisher Ames
The ends of scientific classification are best answered, when the objects are formed into groups respecting which a greater number of general propositions can be… — John Stuart Mill
But you learn to smother the living breathing soul, go deaf to it, and this violence to the self is what is commonly called sanity… — Philip O Ceallaigh

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