#common sense

The left no longer stands for common sense, as it did in the days of Tom Paine. ↗

— Christopher Lasch

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Poetry is a mixture of common sense, which not all have, with an uncommon sense, which very few have. ↗

— John Masefield

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We have drained common sense out of our politics. The more we focus on tactics and games, the more good people check out and give up. ↗

— Deval Patrick

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But when, in the first setting out, he takes it for granted without proof, that distinctions found in the structure of all languages, have no foundation in nature; this surely is too fastidious a way of treating the common sense of mankind. ↗

— Thomas Reid

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Common sense is compelled to make its way without the enthusiasm of anyone. ↗

— E. W. Howe

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Romantics consider common sense vulgar. ↗

— Mason Cooley

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What people don't understand about Sarah Palin is that she is a rancher's wife. From Alberta down to Texas I've known women like that: good common sense, bright and vilified by city people. ↗

— Robert Duvall

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The problem is that agencies sometimes lose sight of common sense as they create regulations. ↗

— Fred Thompson

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Common sense varies among the young, as among the old. ↗

— John Edward Christopher Hill

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Today different ethnic groups and different nations come together due to common sense. ↗

— Dalai Lama

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