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He had used the work in its Pickwickian sense . . . he had merely
considered him a humbug read more
He had used the work in its Pickwickian sense . . . he had merely
considered him a humbug in a Pickwickian point of view.
A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.
A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.
Common sense is not so common.
[Fr., Le sens commun n'est pas si common.]
- Voltaire read more
Common sense is not so common.
[Fr., Le sens commun n'est pas si common.]
- Voltaire (Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire),
Take care of the sense and the sounds will take care of
themselves.
Take care of the sense and the sounds will take care of
themselves.
Fool, 'tis in vain from wit to wit to roam:
Know, sense, like charity, begins at home.
Fool, 'tis in vain from wit to wit to roam:
Know, sense, like charity, begins at home.
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.
'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.
Huzzaed out of my seven senses.
Huzzaed out of my seven senses.
Between good sense and good taste there is the difference between
cause and effect.
[Fr., Entre le bon read more
Between good sense and good taste there is the difference between
cause and effect.
[Fr., Entre le bon sens et le bon gout il y a la difference de la
cause a son effet.]