Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless read more

Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.

Nothing can be more contrary to religion and the clergy than reason and common sense

Nothing can be more contrary to religion and the clergy than reason and common sense

Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.

Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.

Nothing is more fairly distributed than common sense: no one thinks he needs more of it than he already has.

Nothing is more fairly distributed than common sense: no one thinks he needs more of it than he already has.

It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense.

It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense.

Common sense is what tells us the Earth is flat and the Sun goes around it.

Common sense is what tells us the Earth is flat and the Sun goes around it.

The two World Wars came in part, like much modern literature and art, because men, whose nature is to tire read more

The two World Wars came in part, like much modern literature and art, because men, whose nature is to tire of everything in turn, ... tired of common sense and civilization.

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

Common sense is genius in homespun.

Common sense is genius in homespun.