"Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done."

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"Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done."

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"Common sense says that chairs and tables exist independently of whether anyone happens to perceive them or not."

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Henry Ward Beecher, American Clergyman

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"Common sense often makes good law."

William O. Douglas, American Judge

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"Our best theories are not only truer than common sense, they make more sense than common sense."

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"Common sense steps in here and says: Separate the parts you want to be mobile from the parts you want to be inert. You have seen the result, and I know many have the skill to apply it."

Lawrence Hargrave, Australian Scientist

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