Common sense isn't.
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| And new-laid eggs, which Baucis' busy care Turn'd by a gentle fire and roasted rare. |
| ~ John Dryden, Ovid, Metamorphoses, Book viii. Baucis and Philemon, Line 97. ~ |
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| Choice word and measured phrase above the reach Of ordinary men. |
| ~ William Wordsworth, Resolution and Independence. Stanza 14. ~ |
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| If the gods think to speak outright to man, they will honorably speak outright; not shake their heads, and give an old wives’ darkling hint. |
| ~ Herman Melville (1819–1891), U.S. author. Moby-Dick (1851), ch. 133, The Writings of Herman Melville, vol. 6, eds. Harrison Hayford, Hershel Parker, and G. Thomas Tanselle (1988). Spoken by Captain Ahab, about omens. ~ |
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| We are idiot, younger-sons of gods, begotten in dotages divine; and our mothers all miscarry. |
| ~ Herman Melville (1819–1891), U.S. author. Mardi (1849), ch. 180, The Writings of Herman Melville, vol. 3, eds. Harrison Hayford, Hershel Parker, and G. Thomas Tanselle (1970). Spoken by Babbalanja, the philosopher. ~ |
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| The pot calls the kettle black. |
| ~ Cervantes, Don Quixote. Part ii. Chap. xliii. ~ |
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| Solid rock is not moved by wind; the wise are never unsettled by praise or blame. |
| ~The Wise ~ |
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| And strictly meditate the thankless Muse. |
| ~ John Milton, Lycidas. Line 66. ~ |
Common sense isn't.
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