Common Quote by Henry David Thoreau

“The words are the words of English, but the sense is the sense of confusion.”

— Zenna Henderson

“Of all people in the world the English have the least sense of the beauty of literature.”

— Anonymous

“We English have perfect eyesight." Alec finally turned to look at her. "Are you jesting with me, wife?" "You decide, husband." "Aye, you are,"…

— Julie Garwood

I like an English sense of humor: dry, dirty, a little bit off. That's kind of my taste.

— Brooklyn Decker

As our domestic fowls are said to have their original in the wild pheasant of India, so our domestic thoughts have their prototypes in…

— Henry David Thoreau

In the morning I bathe my intellect in the stupendous and cosmogonal philosophy of the Bhagavad-Gita, in comparison with which our modern world and…

— Henry David Thoreau

What is called common sense is excellent in its department, and as invaluable as the virtue of conformity in the army and navy,--for there…

— Henry David Thoreau

Talk of mysteries! — Think of our life in nature, — daily to be shown matter, to come in contact with it, — rocks,…

— Henry David Thoreau

The wildest dreams of wild men, even, are not the less true, though they may not recommend themselves to the sense which is most…

— Henry David Thoreau

A common and natural result of an undue respect for law is, that you may see a file of soldiers, colonel, captain, corporal, privates,…

— Henry David Thoreau

Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations. Books, the oldest and the best, stand naturally…

— Henry David Thoreau

“People think common sense is common - but it's not.”

— Don Cherry