Common sense Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson Download Open image “Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.2 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Common sense Men
When we examine the opinions of men, we find that nothing is more uncommon, than common sense; or, in other words, they lack judgment… — Baron d'Holbach Copy Share Image
When men understand what each other mean, they see, for the most part, that controversy is either superfluous or hopeless — John Henry Newman Copy Share Image
Whenever a man boasts much about [his common sense], you may be pretty sure that he has very little sense, either common or uncommon. — Henry Thomas Buckle Copy Share Image
“Marriage is a matter for common sense." "But women who have common sense are so curiously plain, father, aren't they? Of course I only… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Common sense is the average sensibility and intelligence of men undisturbed by individual peculiarities. — William Rounseville Alger Copy Share Image
I find it, as ever, very unprofitable to have much to do with men. It is sowing the wind, but not reaping even the… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The trouble with men of sense is that they are so dreadfully in earnest all the while. — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
Nothing seems at first sight less important than the outward form of human actions, yet there is nothing upon which men set more store:… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Men pay most attention to what is their own: they care less for what is common; or, at any rate, they care for it… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The history of mankind interests us only as it exhibits a steady gain of truth and right, in the incessant conflict which it records… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
If we will not interfere with our thought, but will act entirely, or see how the thing stands in God, we know the particular… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
If there is any period one would desire to be born in, is it not the age of Revolution; when the old and the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
A man cannot speak but he judges himself. With his will or against his will he draws his portrait to the eye of his… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Consideration is the soil in which wisdom may be expected to grow, and strength be given to every up-springing plant of duty. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“There is then creative reading as well as creative writing. When the mind is braced by labor and invention, the page of whatever book… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Another success is the post-office, with its educating energy augmented by cheapness and guarded by a certain religious sentimentin mankind; so that the power… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
A child reminds us that playtime is an essential part of our daily routine. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
No man can be criticised but by a greater than he. Do not, then, read the reviews. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Coal lay in ledges under the ground since the Flood, until a laborer with pick and windlass brings it to the surface. We may… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
When you have a cavity in your tooth and you let it get worse, eventually you have to get a root canal. If you… — Olivia Newton-John Copy Share Image
Common sense is nothing more than a deposit of prejudices laid down in the mind before you reach eighteen. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
A time will come when the science of destruction shall bend before the arts of peace; when the genius which multiplies our powers, which… — Francois Arago Copy Share Image
Common sense is the guy who tells you that you ought to have had your brakes relined last week before you smashed a front… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
Below the 40th latitude there is no law; below the 50th no god; below the 60th no common sense and below the 70th no… — Kim Stanley Copy Share Image
I have never seen either a drop of piety or a grain of truth or ingenuousness - nay, I have never found common sense… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
How is it that labels like 'centrist' and 'moderate,' which common sense tells us should reflect the views of a majority of Americans, have… — Mehdi Hasan Copy Share Image
“It was true that common sense wasn’t her forte. It wasn’t that she was silly or stupid, but she heard so many more voices… — Donna Goddard Copy Share Image
“The accident in your rearview mirror already happened. The one in front of you is still preventable. Pay attention.” — Nakia R. Laushaul Copy Share Image
Every sensible man, every honorable man, must hold the Christian sect in horror." "Christianity is the most ridiculous, the most absurd and bloody religion… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
As we have seen after every other [Donald] Trump controversy, this one only increased their enthusiasm for him. His supporters thought the idea of… — Steve Inskeep Copy Share Image
Using, as an excuse, others' failure of common sense is in itself a failure of common sense. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
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