Common sense isn't.
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| Quote of the moment |
| [A] continual change even of good measures is inconsistent with every rule of prudence and every prospect of success. |
| ~ (James Madison) Federalist, no. 62 ~ |
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| On Slang: The most vulgar slang is scarcely worse than the attempted elegance which those unused to good society imagine to be the evidence of cultivation. |
| ~ Emily Post, Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics and at Home, Chap. VIII¶2, 1922 ~ |
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| Lysander, when Dionysius sent him two gowns, and bade him choose which he would carry to his daughter, said, "She can choose best," and so took both away with him. |
| ~ Plutarch, Laconic Apophthegms. Of Lysander. ~ |
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| Quote of the moment |
| But quiet to quick bosoms is a hell. |
| ~ Lord Byron, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Canto iii. Stanza 42. ~ |
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| When Philip had news brought him of divers and eminent successes in one day, "O Fortune!" said he, "for all these so great kindnesses do me some small mischief." |
| ~ Plutarch, Apophthegms of Kings and Great Commanders. 34 Philip. ~ |
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| That hour, o' night's black arch the keystane. |
| ~ Robert Burns, Tam o' Shanter. ~ |
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| Quote of the moment |
| These little things are great to little man. |
| ~ Oliver Goldsmith, The Traveller. Line 42. ~ |
Common sense isn't.
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