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.

Common sense is very uncommon.

Common sense is very uncommon.

Common sense is instinct, and enough of it is genius.

Common sense is instinct, and enough of it is genius.

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.

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 the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.

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

Common sense is not so common.

Common sense is not so common.

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.