"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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"There is nothing more uncommon than common sense."

Frank Lloyd Wright, American Architect

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"Common sense often makes good law."

William O. Douglas, American Judge

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

William Osler, Canadian Scientist

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"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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"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

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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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"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

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

David Deutsch, American Scientist

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"Have common sense and stick to the point."

W. Somerset Maugham, British Playwright

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

Charles D. Broad, British Philosopher

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"The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success."

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"It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults. So to love a man that you cannot bear to see a stain upon him, and to speak painful truth through loving words, that is friendship."

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"A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road."

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"To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice."

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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."

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"We sleep, but the loom of life never stops, and the pattern which was weaving when the sun went down is weaving when it comes up in the morning."

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"Do not be afraid of defeat. You are never so near to victory as when defeated in a good cause."

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