Common sense isn't.
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| "Honour thy father and thy mother" stands written among the three laws of most revered righteousness. |
| ~ Aeschylus, Suppliants, 707. ~ |
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| One of the coolest and wisest hours a man has, is just after he awakes in the morning. |
| ~ Herman Melville (1819–1891), U.S. author. “Bartleby” (1853), The Piazza Tales and Other Prose Pieces 1839-1860, The Writings of Herman Melville, vol. 9, eds. Harrison Hayford, Alma A. MacDougall, and G. Thomas Tanselle (1987). ~ |
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| Although the old idea of a compact between the Government and the people be justly exploded, the idea of a compact among those who are parties to a Government is a fundamental principle of free Government. |
| ~ Letter to N. P. Trist, Feb. 15, 1830 (James Madison, 1865, IV, page 63) ~ |
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| It is well known, that the best productions of the best human intellects, are generally regarded by those intellects as mere immature freshman exercises, wholly worthless in themselves, except as initiatives for entering the great University of God after death. |
| ~ Herman Melville (1819–1891), U.S. author. Pierre (1852), bk. XVIII, The Writings of Herman Melville, vol. 7, eds. Harrison Hayford, Hershel Parker, and G. Thomas Tanselle (1971). ~ |
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| Was never evening yet But seemed far beautifuller than its day. |
| ~ Robert Browning, The Ring and the Book. Pompilia. Line 357. ~ |
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| To one commending an orator for his skill in amplifying petty matters, Agesilaus said, "I do not think that shoemaker a good workman that makes a great shoe for a little foot." |
| ~ Plutarch, Laconic Apophthegms. Of Agesilaus the Great. ~ |
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| If your actions are producing merit, repeat them again and again. Set your heart on virtue: Virtue's outcome is delight. |
| ~Evil ~ |
Common sense isn't.
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