Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield Quotes

It's called common sense, but it's not common. Most people don't have it.

Common sense is very uncommon.

It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense.

... common sense is very rare.

There is absolutely no common sense, it is common non-sense.

To avoid the various foolish opinions to which mankind are prone, no superhuman genius is required. A few simple rules will keep you, not from all error, but from silly error.

Common-sense appears to be only another name for the thoughtlessness of the unthinking. It is made of the prejudices of childhood, the idiosyncrasies of individual character and the opinion of the newspapers.

Somewhere along the line common sense should prevail,.

The most uncommon form of intelligence is common sense.

Conscience that isn't hitched up to common sense is a mighty dangerous thing.

If a man has common sense, he has all the sense there is.

In the last analysis sound judgment will prevail.

There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.

Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

Common sense is often underrated.

Why is it that common sense is seldom common practice?

Don't be afraid to trust your own common sense.

I say this often, THINK. There is something in life called common sense. Webster's says common sense is sound and prudent judgment based on a simple perception of the situation or facts. Perhaps this is why in 1776, Thomas Paine used these words as a title for the most famous pamphlet ever written.

Generally, common sense is rare in the (higher) rank.

No Ghost of any common sense begins a conversation

Logic is one thing and commonsense another.

There is a chalk outline slowly being drawn around common sense and most people can't identify the victim.

And the quality of good judgement is clearly a form of knowledge and skill, as it is because of knowledge and not because of ignorance that we judge well.

Common sense is, of all kinds, the most uncommon. It implies good judgment, sound discretion, and true and practical wisdom applied to common life.

My father always used to say, "Don't raise your voice. Improve your argument." Good sense does not always lie with the loudest shouters, nor can we say that a large, unruly crowd is always the best arbiter of what is right.