Belief Quote by Edwin Percy Whipple

Common sense is the folklore of philosophy.

— Antonio Gramsci

“Common sense implies a cup of wisdom, a dash of discernment, and a dollop of intellectual acumen that's blended clean and translucent.”

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

Common sense is the genius of mankind.

— Francois Guizot

Common sense is a phrase employed to denote that degree of intelligence, sagacity, and prudence which is common to all men.

— William Fleming

Common sense is as rare as genius, - is the basis of genius

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Common sense is the genius of humanity.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“As the sociologist Ann Swidler has observed, “common sense”is really just deeply embedded culture: “the set of assumptions so unselfconscious as to seem a…

— Thomas E. Ricks

Common sense is the most widely shared commodity in the world, for every man is convinced that he is well supplied with it.

— Rene Descartes

Common sense has become an uncommon virtue.

— Anonymous

Common sense is a vastly overrated virtue. I myself prefer the spark of genius.

— Margaret Millar

Common sense is as rare as genius.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Common sense is not a simple thing. Instead, it is an immense society of hard-earned practical ideas - of multitudes of life-learned rules and…

— Marvin Minsky