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Genius ain't anything more than elegant common sense.

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

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

Friendless. Having no favors to bestow. Destitute of fortune. Addicted to utterance of truth and common sense.

The same principles which at first view lead to skepticism, pursued to a certain point, bring men back to common sense.

George Berkeley

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

Henry Ward Beecher

As liberty and intelligence have increased the people have more and more revolted against the theological dogmas that contradict common sense and wound the tenderest sensibilities of the soul.

Catharine Beecher

Common sense tells us that we should focus our resources to benefit children, teachers and taxpayers by keeping dollars in the classroom.

The American people expect more from Congress. They expect fiscal responsibility and common sense. They expect us to return to the pay-as-you-go budget rules that we had enacted in the past that helped us establish a surplus, however briefly.

Common sense tells us that the things of the earth exist only a little, and that true reality is only in dreams.

Charles Baudelaire

Let us beware of common folk, of common sense, of sentiment, of inspiration, and of the obvious.

Charles Baudelaire

The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next.

Common sense is the measure of the possible; it is composed of experience and prevision; it is calculation applied to life.

Henri Frederic Amiel

Common sense is calculation applied to life.

Henri Frederic Amiel

Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense.