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Commonly Quotes by Steven Pinker
- In many Muslim countries, witchcraft is not only on the books as a crime, but is commonly prosecuted. In 2009, for example, Saudi Arabia convicted…
- Language mavens commonly confuse their own peeves with a worsening of the language.
- Regardless of its causes, thoughtlessly blaming the present is a weakness which, even if it is never outlawed, ought to be resisted. Though commonly flaunted…
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- It is commonly supposed that the uniformity of a studious life affords no matter for narration: but the truth is, that of… — Samuel Johnson
- Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable. — Francis Bacon
- Abscond - to move in a mysterious way, commonly with the property of another. — Ambrose Bierce
- Eyes of youth have sharp sight but commonly not so deep as those of elder age. — Elizabeth I
- Philanthropic and religious bodies do not commonly make their executive officers out of saints. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- The most consistently successful commanders, when faced by an enemy in a position that was strong naturally or materially, have hardly ever… — B. H. Liddell Hart
- It is in life as it is in ways, the shortest way is commonly the foulest, and surely the fairer way is… — Francis Bacon
- Clairvoyant, n.: A person, commonly a woman, who has the power of seeing that which is invisible to her patron - namely,… — Ambrose Bierce