A Quote by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Common sense is the genius of humanity.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Common Common Sense Genius Humanity Sense

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German - Novelist
August 28, 1749 - March 22, 1832

Common sense is an instinct given to man and enough of it is genius. Smartness is measured by the level of common sense one has, not by how much educated or knowledgeable he is.

Josh Billings

If a man can have only one kind of sense, let him have common sense. If he has that and uncommon sense too, he is not far from genius.

Henry Ward Beecher

The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of genius, can deal with successfully.

Walter Lippmann

The most practical thing in the world is common sense and common humanity.

Nancy Astor

Taste is the common sense of genius.

Victor Hugo

Common sense is as rare as genius.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Common sense is the genius of mankind.

Francois Guizot

Common sense is genius in homespun.

Alfred North Whitehead

Queen Victoria was a woman of peerless common sense; her common sense, which is a rare gift at any time, amounted to genius. She had been brought up by her mother with the utmost simplicity, and she retained it to the end, and conducted her public and private life alike by that infallible guide.

E. F. Benson

Common sense is instinct, and enough of it is genius.

Josh Billings

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.