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    Him of the western dome, whose weighty sense
    Flows in fit words and heavenly eloquence.

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If Poverty is the Mother of Crimes, want of Sense is the Father.

If Poverty is the Mother of Crimes, want of Sense is the Father.

by Jean De La Bruyere Found in: Sense Quotes,
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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.

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Fool, 'tis in vain from wit to wit to roam:
Know, sense, like charity, begins at home.

Fool, 'tis in vain from wit to wit to roam:
Know, sense, like charity, begins at home.

by Alexander Pope Found in: Sense Quotes,
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Take care of the sense and the sounds will take care of
themselves.

Take care of the sense and the sounds will take care of
themselves.

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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.

by Alexander Pope Found in: Sense Quotes,
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Huzzaed out of my seven senses.

Huzzaed out of my seven senses.

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He had used the work in its Pickwickian sense . . . he had merely
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He had used the work in its Pickwickian sense . . . he had merely
considered him a humbug in a Pickwickian point of view.

by Charles Dickens Found in: Sense Quotes,
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'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.

by Alexander Pope Found in: Sense Quotes,
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Sense is our helmet, wit is but the plume;
The plume exposes, 'tis our helmet saves.
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Sense is our helmet, wit is but the plume;
The plume exposes, 'tis our helmet saves.
Sense is the diamond, weighty, solid, sound;
When cut by wit, it casts a brighter beam;
Yet, wit apart, it is a diamond still.

by Edward Young Found in: Sense Quotes,
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