Good Sense Quotes

217 quotes by 187 authors

The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are good nature, truth, good sense, and good breeding. — Joseph Addison
I like a man who can be a real friend, has a good sense of humor, a good pair of shoes and a healthy gold… — Victoria Beckham
Good sense about trivialities is better than nonsense about things that matter. — Max Beerbohm
I am a great lover of art, in many forms: paintings, objets, textiles. I don't have the talent for painting, but I have a very… — Jacqueline Bisset
Between good sense and good taste there lies the difference between a cause and its effect. — Jean de la Bruyere
Poverty may be the mother of crime, but lack of good sense is the father. — Jean de la Bruyere
I have met with some of them - very honest fellows, who, with all their stupidity, had a kind of intelligence and an upright good… — Giacomo Casanova
Good breeding is the result of good sense, some good nature, and a little self-denial for the sake of others. — Lord Chesterfield
Ambition without principle never was long under the guidance of good sense. — Alexander Hamilton
I have a good sense of my body in a bathing suit around people who appreciate what I'm doing, like a contest. Then I'm proud.… — Arnold Schwarzenegger
Good sense is at the bottom of everything: virtue, genius, wit, talent and taste. — Joseph Chenier
Whatever the occasion, do not neglect alcohol. No other refreshment will do. Yes, alcohol kills brain cells, but it's very selective. It only kills the… — P.J. O'Rourke
Once you have the cap and gown all you need do is open your mouth. Whatever nonsense you talk becomes wisdom and all the rubbish… — Moliere
To give requires good sense. — Ovid
The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor, and the fourth wit. — William Temple
Science has explored the microcosmos and the macrocosmos; we have a good sense of the lay of the land. The great unexplored frontier is complexity. — Heinz Pagels
Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel. It is to bring another out of his bad sense into your good sense. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Let us not be unmindful that liberty is power, that the nation blessed with the largest portion of liberty must in proportion to its numbers… — John Quincy Adams
The man of culture is one of the poorest mortals alive. For simple pedantry and want of good sense no man is his equal. No… — Frederic Harrison
Any punishment that does not correct, that can merely rouse rebellion in whoever has to endure it, is a piece of gratuitous infamy which makes… — Marquis de Sade

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