Common sense isn't.
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| A Roman divorced from his wife, being highly blamed by his friends, who demanded, "Was she not chaste? Was she not fair? Was she not fruitful?" holding out his shoe, asked them whether it was not new and well made. "Yet," added he, "none of you can tell where it pinches me." |
| ~ Plutarch, Life of Ĉmilius Paulus. ~ |
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| When Alexander asked Diogenes whether he wanted anything, "Yes," said he, "I would have you stand from between me and the sun." |
| ~ Plutarch, Life of Alexander. ~ |
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| I have often felt that I cheated my children a little. I was never so totally theirs as most mothers are. I gave to audiences what belonged to my children, got back from audiences the love my children longed to give me. |
| ~ Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962), U.S. First Lady, humanitarian. As quoted in The Mother Book, by Liz Smith (1978). ~ |
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| If you cannot find a companion equal to or better than yourself, journey alone - do not travel with a fool. |
| ~The Fool ~ |
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| Three poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn. The first in loftiness of thought surpass'd; The next, in majesty; in both the last. The force of Nature could no further go; To make a third, she join'd the former two. |
| ~ John Dryden, Under Mr. Milton's Picture. ~ |
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| It is hard for an empty bag to stand upright. |
| ~ Benjamin Franklin, Maxims prefixed to Poor Richard's Almanac, 1757. ~ |
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| EDDIE Hi there! this is Eddie your shipboard computer, and I'm feeling just great, guys, and I know I'm going to get a bundle of kicks out of any program you care to run tthrough me. |
| ~ Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy ~ |
Common sense isn't.
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