Rene Descartes Quotes

Nothing is more fairly distributed than common sense: no one thinks he needs more of it than he already has.

... common sense is very rare.

Common sense is the most widely shared commodity in the world, for every man is convinced that he is well supplied with it.

Common sense is the measure of the possible; it is composed of experience and prevision; it is calculation applied to life.

Common Sense is that which judges the things given to it by other senses.

Common sense is not so common.

Everyone complains of his memory, but no one complains of his judgment.

I think people got more common sense than people give 'em credit for.

Common sense is often underrated.

Common sense is the genius of humanity.

Wisdom is knowing when you can't be wise.

The wisdom of the wise is an uncommon degree of common sense.

In the last analysis sound judgment will prevail.

The foolish reject what they see and not what they think; the wise reject what they think and not what they see.

Where sense is wanting, everything is wanting.

Cleverness is not wisdom.

Fools admire, but men of sense approve.

Be as smart as you can, but remember that it is always better to be wise than to be smart.

I always thought that common sense would prevail. But on a game show, there is no common sense.

I have confidence in people's basic common sense.

When we examine the opinions of men, we find that nothing is more uncommon than common sense; or, in other words, they lack judgment to discover plain truths or to reject absurdities and palpable contradictions.

Philosophy is nothing but discretion.

In Greece wise men speak and fools decide.

Some people have more sense than other people think they have.

Being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.