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.

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.

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.

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.

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.]

Whate'er in her Horizon doth appear,
She is one Orb of Sense, all Eye, all aiery Ear.

Whate'er in her Horizon doth appear,
She is one Orb of Sense, all Eye, all aiery Ear.

'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.

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.

Huzzaed out of my seven senses.

Huzzaed out of my seven senses.