Between good sense and good taste there is the difference between
cause and effect.
[Fr., Entre le bon read more

Between good sense and good taste there is the difference between
cause and effect.
[Fr., Entre le bon sens et le bon gout il y a la difference de la
cause a son effet.]

Oft has good nature been the fool's defence,
And honest meaning gilded want of sense.

Oft has good nature been the fool's defence,
And honest meaning gilded want of sense.

Huzzaed out of my seven senses.

Huzzaed out of my seven senses.

'Tis use alone that sanctifies expense
And splendor borrow all her rays from sense.

'Tis use alone that sanctifies expense
And splendor borrow all her rays from sense.

Good sense which only is the gift of Heaven,
And though no science, fairly worth the seven.

Good sense which only is the gift of Heaven,
And though no science, fairly worth the seven.

Common sense is not so common.
[Fr., Le sens commun n'est pas si common.]
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Common sense is not so common.
[Fr., Le sens commun n'est pas si common.]
- Voltaire (Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire),

Generally, common sense is rare in the (higher) rank.
[Lat., Rarus enim ferme sensus communis in illa
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Generally, common sense is rare in the (higher) rank.
[Lat., Rarus enim ferme sensus communis in illa
Fortuna.]

Sensible people find nothing useless.
[Fr., Il n'est rien d'inutile aux personnes de sens.]

Sensible people find nothing useless.
[Fr., Il n'est rien d'inutile aux personnes de sens.]

Be sober, and to doubt prepense,
These are the sinews of good sense.

Be sober, and to doubt prepense,
These are the sinews of good sense.