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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.
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.
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.
He had used the work in its Pickwickian sense . . . he had merely
considered him a humbug read more
He had used the work in its Pickwickian sense . . . he had merely
considered him a humbug in a Pickwickian point of view.
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.
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.
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.
Huzzaed out of my seven senses.
Huzzaed out of my seven senses.
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.]