"The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next."

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"The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next."

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"But if it not be true, the myth itself requires to be explained, and every principle of philosophy and common sense demand that the explanation be sought, not in arbitrary allegorical categories, but in the actual facts of ritual or religious custom to which the myth attaches."

William Robertson Smith, Scottish Scientist

Common sense, Custom, Facts, Myth

"Soap and water and common sense are the best disinfectants."

William Osler, Canadian Scientist

Common sense, Water

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

David Deutsch, American Scientist

Common sense, Theories

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

Josh Billings, American Comedian

Common sense,

"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

Common sense, Result, Skill, Want

"We may always depend on it that algebra, which cannot be translated into good English and sound common sense, is bad algebra."

William Kingdon Clifford, English Mathematician

Common sense, May, Sound

"Common sense often makes good law."

William O. Douglas, American Judge

Common sense, Law

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

Charles D. Broad, British Philosopher

Common sense,

"Have common sense and stick to the point."

W. Somerset Maugham, British Playwright

Common sense,

"I'm a real common sense guy who caught a lot of good breaks and who has been very, very fortunate."

Vince McMahon, American Entertainer

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"Love cannot endure indifference. It needs to be wanted. Like a lamp, it needs to be fed out of the oil of another's heart, or its flame burns low."

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"Mirth is the sweet wine of human life. It should be offered sparkling with zestful life unto God."

Life, God, Mirth, Wine

"We steal if we touch tomorrow. It is God's."

God, Tomorrow

"The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences."

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"God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. You must take it. The only choice is how."

God, Life, Choice, Man

"The world's battlefields have been in the heart chiefly; more heroism has been displayed in the household and the closet, than on the most memorable battlefields in history."

History, Heart, Heroism, World

"To array a man's will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine."

Art, Man, Medicine, Sickness

"We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started."

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"The moment an ill can be patiently handled, it is disarmed of its poison, though not of its pain."

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"The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or not, and never persist in trying to set people right."

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