Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

Quote by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Topics: Wisdom Quotes

How like herrings and onions our vices are in the morning after we have committed...

How like herrings and onions our vices are in the morning after we have committed...

Good and bad men are less than they seem.

Good and bad men are less than they seem.

Christianity is not a theory or speculation, but a life; not a philosophy of life,...

Christianity is not a theory or speculation, but a life; not a philosophy of life,...

Not one man in a thousand has the strength of mind or the goodness of...

Not one man in a thousand has the strength of mind or the goodness of...

Humor is consistent with pathos, whilst wit is not.

Humor is consistent with pathos, whilst wit is not.

To sentence a man of true genius, to the drudgery of a school is to...

To sentence a man of true genius, to the drudgery of a school is to...

Intense study of the Bible will keep any writer from being vulgar, in point of...

Intense study of the Bible will keep any writer from being vulgar, in point of...

And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin is pride that apes humility.

And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin is pride that apes humility.

Talk of the devil, and his horns appear.

Talk of the devil, and his horns appear.

General principles... are to the facts as the root and sap of a tree are...

General principles... are to the facts as the root and sap of a tree are...

Greatness and goodness are not means, but ends.

Greatness and goodness are not means, but ends.

So lonely 'twas that God himself Scarce seemed there to be.

So lonely 'twas that God himself Scarce seemed there to be.

The three great ends which a statesman ought to propose to himself in the government...

The three great ends which a statesman ought to propose to himself in the government...

The faults of great authors are generally excellences carried to an excess.

The faults of great authors are generally excellences carried to an excess.

The principle of the Gothic architecture is infinity made imaginable.

The principle of the Gothic architecture is infinity made imaginable.

Common-sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

Common-sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

No mind is thoroughly well organized that is deficient in a sense of humor.

No mind is thoroughly well organized that is deficient in a sense of humor.

A wife is essential to great longevity; she is the receptacle of half a man's...

A wife is essential to great longevity; she is the receptacle of half a man's...

As a person is so must you humor them.

As a person is so must you humor them.

Robert Walker as Bruno was excellent. He had elegance and humor, and the proper fondness...

Robert Walker as Bruno was excellent. He had elegance and humor, and the proper fondness...