Nothing astonishes people so much as common sense and plain dealin

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

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

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The voice of the Lord is the voice of common sense, which is shared by all that is. – Samuel Butler

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