A Quote by Coventry Patmore
Uncommon things must be said in common words.
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Uncommon things must be said in common words, if you would have them to be received in less than a century.
One should use common words to say uncommon things
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.
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.
God does uncommon things through common people in common places.
The only thing you will get from common sense, is a common life. Be uncommon and have uncommon sense.
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.
Success is uncommon, not to be found by the common man. I'm looking for uncommon people.
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.
My whole career has been marked by taking on the toughest problems, bringing people together, creating uncommon coalitions to ultimately produce uncommon results - things that people said couldn't be done.
It has been said that there is nothing more uncommon than common sense.
I'm a common woman sharing common problems seeking common solutions on a journey with an uncommon Savior.
To do common things perfectly is far better worth our endeavor than to do uncommon things respectably.
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.
When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.
What is called common sense is excellent in its department, and as invaluable as the virtue of conformity in the army and navy,--for there must be subordination,--but uncommon sense, that sense which is common only to the wisest, is as much more excellent as it is more rare.
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