"Common sense is a phrase employed to denote that degree of intelligence, sagacity, and prudence which is common to all men."

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Source : William Fleming, Charles Porterfield Krauth (1860). “The Vocabulary of Philosophy, Mental, Moral and Metaphysical: With Quotations and References; for the Use of Students”, p.95

William Fleming

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“Nixon's attempts to order subversion of various departments was bound to come out in some form.”
“I have a profound admiration for Fellini. I met him lately and he's just fantastic. I feel very close to him even though he's very Italian. But his films could have been made in every country. When I say, I feel close to him, then also because we're both born on January 20th.”
“You should write, first of all, to please yourself. You shouldn't care a damn about anybody else at all. But writing can't be a way of life - the important part of writing is living. You have to live in such a way that your writing emerges from it.”
“Girlyâ€™ products can spur Japanâ€™s growth in this century every bit as much as, if not more than, the â€˜manlyâ€™ technologies.”
“Nostalgia locates desire in the past where it suffers no active conflict and can be yearned toward pleasantly.”
“A good smoker, like a good lover, always takes his time with a cigar.”
“Also, it was a cultural moment that wasn't being represented in terms of women who were successful and had choices they didn't have before. They needed a show that they can watch that they felt like represented them.”
“A sublime faith in human imbecility has seldom led those who cherish it astray.”

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