A Quote by Dorothy Dunnett

And at thirty-eight a brilliant exponent of arms and a knight of the great fighting and religious Order of St John, the Chevalier de Villegagnon had absolutely no use for common sense himself, but respected it in the laity.

Dorothy Dunnett

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Absolutely Arms Brilliant Common Common Sense Eight Fighting Great Had Himself John Knight Order Religious Respected Sense Thirty Use

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Dorothy Dunnett
Scottish - Novelist
August 25, 1923 - November 9, 2001

With the right to bear arms comes a great responsibility to use caution and common sense on handgun purchases.

Ronald Reagan

St. Luke again associates St. John with St. Peter in the Acts of the Apostles, when, after the Resurrection, that strange boldness had come upon the disciples.

Alfred Noyes

Everybody knows that Alexander Hamilton was a founding father of the United States, a young father to be sure: only thirty at the time of the Constitutional Convention and just turned thirty-eight when he left behind his brilliant career as Secretary of the Treasury.

Edmund Morgan

There was absolutely no intention of splitting up. We had so many great ideas to use on the new album. John Paul Jones was incredible, coming to the studio each day with new instruments to play.

John Bonham

I have often wondered what my life would have been like if I had needed a size thirty-eight bra instead of a modest thirty-four.

Evelyn Keyes

The best things that have been written, almost, are by Catholics during the counter Reformation: Ignatius of Loyola, St. Francis de Sales, John of the Cross, St. Theresa of ?vila.....great stuff.

Timothy Keller

I'm indebted to the teachers who shaped me - from the Sisters of St. Joseph at St. Croix Catholic elementary to the monks of St. John's in Minnesota to my professors at Georgetown.

Denis McDonough

I’m indebted to the teachers who shaped me - from the Sisters of St. Joseph at St. Croix Catholic elementary to the monks of St. John’s in Minnesota to my professors at Georgetown.

Denis McDonough

John Locke invented common sense, and only Englishmen have had it ever since!

Bertrand Russell

O Lazy bones! Dost thou think God would have given thee arms and legs, if he had not design'd thou should'st use them?

Benjamin Franklin

Senator Dan Coates, one of the most respected members to have in the Senate, he can't get approved. How do you not approve him? He's been a colleague, highly respected, brilliant guy, great guy, everybody knows it. We're waiting for approval.

Donald Trump

The Egyptian military and the government of Israel have long had a common interest in maintaining order and fighting terrorism in Sinai.

Elliott Abrams

Common sense comes from experience, and kids need to fail as well as succeed in order to learn it. It's difficult to develop common sense when you spend a lot of time in your room where nothing much happens.

Marilyn vos Savant

Ergo, it is not St. George who is the patron saint of England, but Set of the Hyksos. In general terms whenever the code term "red" is used in the Old Testament, it denotes the Hyksos dynasty. Connected to the Order of the Garter, is the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, formed in 1818. Aditionally, legend has it that the senior members of the Merovingian dynasty of France (founders of the Knights Templar) had birthmarks in the shape of a red cross.