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There never has been a war yet which, if the facts had been put calmly before the ordinary folk, could not have been prevented. The common man, I think, is the great protection against war. ↗

— Ernest Bevin

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Meekness: Uncommon patience in planning a revenge that is worth while. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

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Suffrage, noun. Expression of opinion by means of a ballot. The right of suffrage (which is held to be both a privilege and a duty) means, as commonly interpreted, the right to vote for the man of another man's choice, and is highly prized. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

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Common sense is not so common. ↗

— Voltaire

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I prefer to make common cause with those whose weapons are guitars, banjos, fiddles and words. ↗

— Theodore Bikel

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Genius ain't anything more than elegant common sense. ↗

— Josh Billings

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

— Josh Billings

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Common sense is instinct, and enough of it is genius. ↗

— Josh Billings

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Before I thought there was a common denominator between my films - as if all my characters were sisters - but I'm not so sure now. ↗

— Juliette Binoche

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For humanism also appeals to man as man. It seeks to liberate the universal qualities of human nature from the narrow limitations of blood and soil and class and to create a common language and a common culture in which men can realize their common humanity. ↗

— Christopher Dawson

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