Quote by Josh Billings
Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing

Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done. – Josh Billings

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Theres a lot of people in this world who spend so much time watching their health that they havent the time to enjoy it. – Josh Billings

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I never had a man come to me for advice yet, but what I soon discovered that he thought more of his own opinion than he did of mine. – Josh Billings

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Nothing astonishes people so much as common sense and plain dealing. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Common sense is only a modification of talent. Genius is an exaltation of it. The difference is, therefore, in degree, not nature. – Edward George Bulwer-Lytton

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Common sense is the genius of humanity. – Johann von Goethe

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Common sense hides shame. – Scottish Proverb

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