Common sense isn't.
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| There is nothing sweeter than his peace when at rest, for there is nothing brisker than his life when in motion. |
| ~Christopher Smart ~ |
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| That great America on the other side of the sphere, Australia. |
| ~ Herman Melville (1819–1891), U.S. author. Moby-Dick (1851), ch. 24, The Writings of Herman Melville, vol. 6, eds. Harrison Hayford, Hershel Parker, and G. Thomas Tanselle (1988). ~ |
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| On the Limits of Politeness: Alas! it is true: "Be polite to bores and so shall you have bores always round about you." |
| ~ Emily Post, Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics and at Home, Chap. VII¶34, 1922 ~ |
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| Hardly have we mortals by long toilings extracted from this world’s vast bulk its small but valuable sperm; and then, with weary patience, cleansed ourselves from its defilements, and learned to live here in clean tabernacles of the soul; hardly is this done, when—Thar she blows!—the ghost is spouted up, and away we sail to fight some other world, and go through young life’s old routine again. |
| ~ Herman Melville (1819–1891), U.S. author. Moby-Dick (1851), ch. 98, The Writings of Herman Melville, vol. 6, eds. Harrison Hayford, Hershel Parker, and G. Thomas Tanselle (1988). Referring to the quest for sperm oil. ~ |
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| History, with all her volumes vast, Hath but one page. |
| ~ Lord Byron, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Canto iv. Stanza 108. ~ |
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| Some said, "John, print it;" others said, "Not so." Some said, "It might do good;" others said, "No." |
| ~ John Bunyan, Pilgrim's Progress. Apology for his Book. ~ |
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| Solid rock is not moved by wind; the wise are never unsettled by praise or blame. |
| ~The Wise ~ |
Common sense isn't.
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