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    Sense is our helmet, wit is but the plume;
    The plume exposes, 'tis our helmet saves.
    Sense is the diamond, weighty, solid, sound;
    When cut by wit, it casts a brighter beam;
    Yet, wit apart, it is a diamond still.

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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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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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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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Huzzaed out of my seven senses.

Huzzaed out of my seven senses.

by Unattributed Author Found in: Sense Quotes,
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What thin partitions sense from thought divide.

What thin partitions sense from thought divide.

by Alexander Pope 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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'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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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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Oft has good nature been the fool's defence,
And honest meaning gilded want of sense.

Oft has good nature been the fool's defence,
And honest meaning gilded want of sense.

by William Shenstone Found in: Sense Quotes,
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