Anonymous Quotes

Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.

The fool wonders, the wise man asks.

Wise men argue causes; fools decide them.

We have no words for speaking of wisdom to the stupid. He who understands the wise is wise already.

Common sense is not so common.

In Greece wise men speak and fools decide.

To the fool, he who speaks wisdom will sound foolish.

That great philosopher anonymous once said, never argue with a fool. People might not know the difference.

Fools do not understand men of intelligence.

Where sense is wanting, everything is wanting.

Common sense is the genius of humanity.

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

Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.

'Tis folly to be wise.

The wisdom of the wise is an uncommon degree of 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.

The voice of the intellect is a soft one, but it does not rest until it has gained a hearing.

Logic is the beginning of wisdom, not the end.

I am bound to furnish my antagonists with arguments, but not with comprehension.

... smart but not wise.

A wise man changes his mind, a fool never does.

A wise man hears one word and understands two.

Common sense is the foundation of all authorities, of the laws themselves, and of their construction

Ability to discern that what is true is true, and that what is false is false, is the characteristic of intelligence.

Just as a wise man can say something foolish, a fool can say something wise.