COMMON SENSE
Beecher, Henry Ward
If a man can have only one kind of sense, let him have common sense.—If he has that and uncommon sense too, he is not far from genius.
Brown, John of Haddington
If you haven't grace, the Lord can give it to you.—If you haven't learning, I'll help you to get it.—But if you haven't common sense, neither I, nor the Lord can give it to you.
Bulwer-Lytton, Edward George
Common sense is only a modification or talent.—Genius is an exaltation of it.—The difference is, therefore, in degree, not nature.
Caballero
If common sense has not the brilliancy of the sun, it has the fixity of the stars.
Edwards, Tryon
Common sense is, of all kinds, the most uncommon.—It implies good judgment, sound discretion, and true and practical wisdom applied to common life.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo
No man is quite sane. Each has a vein of folly in his composition—a slight determination of blood to the head, to make sure of holding him hard to some one point which he has taken to heart.
Farrar, Frederick William
" Knowledge, without common sense," says Lee, is "folly; without method, it is waste; without kindness, it is fanaticism; without religion, it is death." But with common sense, it is wisdom; with method, it is power; with charity, it is beneficence; with religion, it is virtue, and life, and peace.
Hume, David
The figure which a man makes in life, the reception which he meets with in company, the esteem paid him by his acquaintance—all these depend as much upon his good sense and judgment, as upon any other part, of his character. A man of the best intentions, and farthest removed from all injustice and violence, would never be able to make himself much regarded, without a moderate share of parts and understanding.
Kingsley, Charles
He was one of those men who possess almost every gift, except the gift of the power to use them.
Mathews, William
The crown of all faculties is common sense.—It is not enough to do the right thing, it must be done at the right time and place.—Talent knows what to do; tact knows when and how to do it.
Persian Proverb
One pound of learning requires ten pounds of common sense to apply it.
Pope, Alexander
Fine sense, and exalted sense, are not half as useful as common sense.—There are forty men of wit to one man of sense.—He that will carry nothing about him but gold, will be every day at a loss for readier change.
Stowe, Calvin Ellis
Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done.
Walpole, Horace
To act with common sense according to the moment, is the best wisdom I know; and the best philosophy is to do one's duties, take the world as it comes, submit respectfully to one's lot; bless the goodness that has given us so much happiness with it, whatever it is; and despise affectation.
