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'Tis use alone that sanctifies expense
And splendor borrow all her rays from sense.

'Tis use alone that sanctifies expense
And splendor borrow all her rays from sense.

by Alexander Pope Found in: Sense Quotes,
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A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.

A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.

by Jean De La Fontaine Found in: Sense Quotes,
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Generally, common sense is rare in the (higher) rank.
[Lat., Rarus enim ferme sensus communis in illa
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Generally, common sense is rare in the (higher) rank.
[Lat., Rarus enim ferme sensus communis in illa
Fortuna.]

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Good sense which only is the gift of Heaven,
And though no science, fairly worth the seven.

Good sense which only is the gift of Heaven,
And though no science, fairly worth the seven.

by Alexander Pope Found in: Sense Quotes,
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If Poverty is the Mother of Crimes, want of Sense is the Father.

If Poverty is the Mother of Crimes, want of Sense is the Father.

by Jean De La Bruyere Found in: Sense Quotes,
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Him of the western dome, whose weighty sense
Flows in fit words and heavenly eloquence.

Him of the western dome, whose weighty sense
Flows in fit words and heavenly eloquence.

by John Dryden Found in: Sense Quotes,
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Be sober, and to doubt prepense,
These are the sinews of good sense.

Be sober, and to doubt prepense,
These are the sinews of good sense.

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Sensible people find nothing useless.
[Fr., Il n'est rien d'inutile aux personnes de sens.]

Sensible people find nothing useless.
[Fr., Il n'est rien d'inutile aux personnes de sens.]

by Jean De La Fontaine Found in: Sense Quotes,
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Whate'er in her Horizon doth appear,
She is one Orb of Sense, all Eye, all aiery Ear.

Whate'er in her Horizon doth appear,
She is one Orb of Sense, all Eye, all aiery Ear.

by Henry More Found in: Sense Quotes,
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