See it all. See it fairly. Be truthful, be sensible and be careful with language. When nothing depends on man, everything depends on him.
I say this often, THINK. There is something in life called common sense. Webster's says common sense is sound and prudent judgment based on a simple perception of the situation or facts. Perhaps this is why in 1776, Thomas Paine used these words as a title for the most famous pamphlet ever written.
I don't profess to be profound; but I do lay claim to common sense.
Who then is sane? He who is not a fool.
I just happen to believe that people are not stupid.
Pedantry prides herself on being wrong by rules; while common sense is contented to be right without them.
Defend me, therefore, common sense, say From reveries so airy, from the toil Of dropping buckets into empty wells, And growing old in drawing nothing up.
There are many more shining qualities in the mind of man, but there is none so useful as discretion.
How great a quality is horse sense! Someone has defined it as that something which keeps horses from betting on men!
Anybody can have common sense, provided that they have no imagination.
What is common sense? That which attracts the least opposition that which brings most agreeable and worthy results.
The question of common sense is always: 'what is it good for?' - a question which would abolish the rose and be answered triumphantly by the cabbage.
