Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common prudence to see our way out before we venture in. Aesop
All good books have one thing in common - they are truer than if they had really happened. Ernest Hemingway
All men whilst they are awake are in one common world: but each of them, when he is asleep, is in a world of his own. plutarch
But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most? Mark Twain
Extreme heroism springs from something that no scientific theory can fully explain; it's an illogical impulse that flies in the face of biology, psychology, actuarial statistics, and basic common sense. Christopher McDougall
I am very sure that any man of common understanding may, by culture, care, attention, and labor, make himself what- ever he pleases, except a great poet.Lord Chesterfield
I come from very common stock, and I've always been uncomfortable with pretension and all the forms it can take, including disingenuous broadcasting. Tom Bodett
I've had my successes and failures. I know many academics in my field loathe me. I've come to loathe them back, as it seems only polite to do so. But at heart it's absurd; we should band together against the big common enemies. Alain de Botton
If all misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be contented to take their own and depart.Socrates
If we seek the pleasures of love, passion should be occasional, and common sense continual. Robertson Davies
In common with all Protestant or Jewish cultures, America was developed on the idea that your word is your bond. Otherwise, the frontier could never have been opened, 'cause it was lawless. A man's word had to mean somethingorson welles
It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it. John Steinbeck
It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common; and the special business of the legislator is to create in men this benevolent disposition. Aristotle