Common sense (which, in truth, is very uncommon) is the best sense I know of: abide by it; it will counsel you best.
Philip Dormer Stanhope
Ridicule is the best test of truth.
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In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool.
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Young men are apt to think themselves wise enough, as drunken men are apt to think themselves sober enough.
Let blockheads read what blockheads wrote.
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You will find that reason, which always ought to direct mankind, seldom does; but that passions and weaknesses commonly usurp its seat, and rule in its stead.
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We are really so prejudiced by our educations, that, as the ancients deified their heroes, we deify their madmen.
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