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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.
A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.
A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.
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.
What thin partitions sense from thought divide.
What thin partitions sense from thought divide.
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.
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.]
'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.
Him of the western dome, whose weighty sense
Flows in fit words and heavenly eloquence.
Him of the western dome, whose weighty sense
Flows in fit words and heavenly eloquence.
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.