Common sense is compelled to make its way without the enthusiasm of anyone.

Quote by Edgar Watson Howe

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People are always neglecting something they can do in trying to do something they can't...

People are always neglecting something they can do in trying to do something they can't...

A woman is as old as she looks before breakfast.

A woman is as old as she looks before breakfast.

Even if a farmer intends to loaf, he gets up in time to have an...

Even if a farmer intends to loaf, he gets up in time to have an...

The underdog often starts the fight, and occasionally the upper dog deserves to win.

The underdog often starts the fight, and occasionally the upper dog deserves to win.

Don't abuse your friends and expect them to consider it criticism.

Don't abuse your friends and expect them to consider it criticism.

Instead of loving your enemies, treat your friends a little better.

Instead of loving your enemies, treat your friends a little better.

Everyone has something ancestral, even if it is nothing more than a disease

Everyone has something ancestral, even if it is nothing more than a disease

Don't abuse your friends and expect them to consider it criticism.

Don't abuse your friends and expect them to consider it criticism.

Many a man is saved from being a thief by finding everything locked up.

Many a man is saved from being a thief by finding everything locked up.

A man will do more for his stubbornness than for his religion or his country.

A man will do more for his stubbornness than for his religion or his country.

It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the...

It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the...

Common sense is compelled to make its way without the enthusiasm of anyone

Common sense is compelled to make its way without the enthusiasm of anyone

Half the promises people say were never kept, were never made.

Half the promises people say were never kept, were never made.

The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half...

The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half...

For every quarrel a man and wife have before others, they have a hundred when...

For every quarrel a man and wife have before others, they have a hundred when...

When a man has no reason to trust himself, he trusts in luck.

When a man has no reason to trust himself, he trusts in luck.

To be an ideal guest, stay at home.

To be an ideal guest, stay at home.

Virtue must be valuable, if men and women of all degrees pretend to have it.

Virtue must be valuable, if men and women of all degrees pretend to have it.

When men are not regretting that life is so short, they are doing something to...

When men are not regretting that life is so short, they are doing something to...

Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk.

Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk.