A Quote by 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

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Century Common Common Things Less Must Received Said Than Them Things Uncommon Words Would

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Coventry Patmore
English - Poet
July 23, 1823 - November 26, 1896

Uncommon things must be said in common words.

Coventry Patmore

One should use common words to say uncommon things

Arthur Schopenhauer

It has been said that there is nothing more uncommon than common sense.

Thomas Chalmers

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

Harriet Beecher Stowe

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

When we examine the opinions of men, we find that nothing is more uncommon, than common sense; or, in other words, they lack judgment to discover plain truths, or to reject absurdities, and palpable contradictions.

Baron d'Holbach

When we examine the opinions of men, we find that nothing is more uncommon than common sense; or, in other words, they lack judgment to discover plain truths or to reject absurdities and palpable contradictions.

Baron d'Holbach

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

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.