A Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer

One should use common words to say uncommon things

Arthur Schopenhauer

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Arthur Schopenhauer
German - Philosopher
February 22, 1788 - September 21, 1860

Uncommon things must be said in common words.

Coventry Patmore

Uncommon things must be said in common words, if you would have them to be received in less than a century.

Coventry Patmore

Nature has poured forth all things for the common use of all men. And God has ordained that all things should be produced that there might be food in common for all, and that the earth should be in the common possession of all. Nature created common rights, but usurpation has transformed them into private rights.

Ambrose

I talked on my blog recently about "uncommon sense." Common sense is called "common" because it reflects cultural consensus. It's common sense to get a good job and save for retirement. But I think we all also have an "uncommon sense," an individual voice that tells us what we're meant to do.

Theodora Goss

When we are sick, we want an uncommon doctor; when we have a construction job to do, we want an uncommon engineer, and when we are at war, we want an uncommon general. It is only when we get into politics that we are satisfied with the common man.

Herbert Hoover

God does uncommon things through common people in common places.

Max Lucado

The only thing you will get from common sense, is a common life. Be uncommon and have uncommon sense.

Bryant H. McGill

It used to be a common saying of Myson's that men ought not to seek for things in words, but for words in things; for that things are not made on account of words but that words are put together for the sake of things.

Diogenes Laertius

Success is uncommon, not to be found by the common man. I'm looking for uncommon people.

Cal Stoll

Success is uncommon and not to be enjoyed by the common man. I'm looking for uncommon people because we want to be successful, not average.

Tony Dungy

Poetry should be common in experience but uncommon in books.

Robert Frost

I'm a common woman sharing common problems seeking common solutions on a journey with an uncommon Savior.

Beth Moore

To do common things perfectly is far better worth our endeavor than to do uncommon things respectably.

Harriet Beecher Stowe

We should constantly use the most common, little, easy words which our language affords.

John Wesley

I learned to write because I am one of those people who somehow cannot manage the common communications of smiles and gestures, but must use words to get across things that other people would never need to say.

Bill James

It may be expecting too much to expect most intellectuals to have common sense, when their whole life is based on their being uncommon -- that is, saying things that are different from what everyone else is saying. There is only so much genuine originality in anyone. After that, being uncommon means indulging in pointless eccentricities or clever attempts to mock or shock.

Thomas Sowell

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