Abstention Quote by Ludwig von Mises

A common man marvels at uncommon things. A wise man marvels at the commonplace.

— Confucius

“Common man does not speculate about the great problems. With regard to them he relies upon other people's authority, he behaves as "every decent…

— Ludwig von Mises

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

The common man knows exactly what he wants...and deserves to get it good and hard.

— H. L. Mencken

The common man is impelled and controlled by interests; the superior, by ideas.

— John Lancaster Spalding

“Common sense is one of the most unused commodities available to man.”

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Common sense is the best distributed commodity in the world, for every man is convinced that he is well supplied with it.”

— René Descartes

A man of great common sense and good taste is a man without originality or moral courage.

— George Bernard Shaw

We distinguish the excellent man from the common man by saying that the former is the one who makes great demands on himself, and…

— Jose Ortega y Gasset

Man truly achieves his full human condition when he produces without being compelled by the physical necessity of selling himself as a commodity.

— Che Guevara

“In the market economy the consumers are supreme. Consumers determine, by their buying or abstention from buying, what should be produced, by whom and…

— Ludwig Von Mises

Man's character is the product of his premises.

— Ayn Rand