Benjamin Franklin Quotes

All truth, in the long run, is only common sense clarified.

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

Common sense is not so common.

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

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

Wise it is to comprehend the whole.

The clouds may drop down titles and estates, and wealth may seek us, but wisdom must be sought.

Cleverness is not wisdom.

No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.

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

Wisdom is knowing when you can't 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.

I love good sense above all, perhaps because I have none.

In Greece wise men speak and fools decide.

... smart but not wise.

Some are smart but they are not wise

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

In truth, opinion may be taken for understanding; understanding cannot be taken for opinion. How so? Surely because opinion may be deceived; understanding cannot be. If it could, it would not be understanding but opinion. For true understanding has not only certain truth, but the knowledge of truth.

Wisdom is important in every man's life.

Common sense is the most fairly distributed thing in the world, for each one thinks he is so well-endowed with it that even those who are hardest to satisfy in all other matters are not in the habit of desiring more of it than they already have.

The wisest of the wise may err.

Common sense varies among the young, as among the old.

Common sense is the genius of humanity.

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