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There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.

Common sense is very uncommon.

Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

People employed in financial institutions are rarely interesting and even more rarely likable.

Common sense, in so far as it exists, is all for the bourgeoisie. Nonsense is the privilege of the aristocracy. The worries of the world are for the common people.

Common sense is not so common.

Many sophisticated, intelligent people lack wisdom and common sense.

Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.

Academicians get nowhere.

Common sense varies among the young, as among the old.