Commonly they must use their feet for defense whose only weapon is their tongue. Votes: 3
Philip SidneyCommonly we say a judgment falls upon a man for something in him we cannot abide. Votes: 3
John SeldenEagles commonly fly alone. They are crows, daws, and starlings that flock together. Votes: 2
John WebsterThe power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it. Votes: 2
George Bernard ShawThe world's great men have not commonly been great scholars, nor its great scholars great men. Votes: 2
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.We do not commonly see in a tax a diminution of freedom, and yet it clearly is one. Votes: 2
Herbert SpencerA woman, the more curious she is about her face, is commonly the more careless about her house. Votes: 2
Ben JonsonThe greatest truths are commonly the simplest. Votes: 0
Guillaume-Chretien de Lamoignon de MalesherbesPerceptions of impossibility are commonly disspelled by unmitigated courage and perseverance. Votes: 0
Wes FeslerWho begins with severity, in judging of another, ends commonly with falsehood. Votes: 0
Johann Kaspar LavaterWhat is commonly called friendship is only a little more honor among rogues. Votes: 0
Henry David ThoreauMaydens, be they never so foolyshe, yet beeing fayre they are commonly fortunate. Votes: 0
John LylyLanguage mavens commonly confuse their own peeves with a worsening of the language. Votes: 0
Steven PinkerThey that apply themselves to trifling matters commonly become incapable of great ones. Votes: 0
Francois de La RochefoucauldThe possibility of remedying imprudent actions is commonly an inducement to commit them. Votes: 0
Lord ChesterfieldAbscond - to move in a mysterious way, commonly with the property of another. Votes: 0
Ambrose BierceThe Lord commonly gives riches to foolish people, to whom he gives nothing else. Votes: 0
Martin LutherAbout things on which the public thinks long it commonly attains to think right. Votes: 0
Samuel JohnsonDoctors most commonly get mixed up between absence of evidence and evidence of abense Votes: 0
Nassim Nicholas TalebIt is commonly seen by experience that excellent memories do often accompany weak judgements. Votes: 0
Michel de MontaignePhilanthropic and religious bodies do not commonly make their executive officers out of saints. Votes: 0
Ralph Waldo EmersonMy opinion was that if we had a common enemy we should get together commonly. Votes: 0
Julius RosenbergMy opinion was that if we had a common enemy we should get together commonly. Votes: 0
Julius and Ethel RosenbergQuill: An instrument of torture yielded by a goose and commonly weilded by as ass. Votes: 0
Ambrose BierceWe do not commonly find men of superior sense amongst those of the highest fortune. Votes: 0
JuvenalOf the seven deadly sins, surely it is pride that most commonly afflicts the gardener. Votes: 0
Michael PollanThere is commonly sufficient space about us. Our horizon is never quite at our elbows. Votes: 0
Henry David ThoreauHim, who incessantly laughs in the street, you may commonly hear grumbling in his closet. Votes: 0
Johann Kaspar LavaterThat dangerous but too commonly received notion, that a reformed rake makes the best husband. Votes: 0
Samuel RichardsonIn politics it commonly takes a superior woman to overcome the handicap of traditional prejudice. Votes: 0
Bertha Knight LandesIn times of affliction we commonly meet with the sweetest experiences of the love of God. Votes: 0
John BunyanTo enjoy a thing exclusively is commonly to exclude yourself from the true enjoyment of it. Votes: 0
Henry David ThoreauThe world's great men have not commonly been great scholars, nor its great scholars great men. Votes: 0
Oliver Wendell HolmesThe filibuster is an affront to commonly understood democratic norms, but then so is the Senate. Votes: 0
Hendrik HertzbergBeauty is commonly a gratification of our sense of costliness masquerading under the name of beauty. Votes: 0
Thorstein VeblenIt is commonly said that a teacher fails if he has not been surpassed by his students. Votes: 0
Edmond H. FischerWe commonly do not remember that it is, after all, always the first person that is speaking. Votes: 0
Henry David ThoreauThe ability to make witty observations is commonly refered to as "cynism" by people who lack it. Votes: 0
George Bernard ShawWrite down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable. Votes: 0
Francis BaconThe idea that no one is perfect is a view most commonly held by people with no grandchildren. Votes: 0
Doug LarsonHe who goes round about in his requests wants commonly more than he chooses to appear to want. Votes: 0
Johann Kaspar LavaterThere is nothing on which men are commonly more intent than on making a way for their opinions. Votes: 0
Michel de MontaigneIt is plain to me that our prelates in granting indulgences do commonly blaspheme the wisdom of God. Votes: 0
John WycliffeTo say that a man is your Friend means commonly no more than this, that he is not your enemy. Votes: 0
Henry David ThoreauA lie is a lie... unless your friends and family are in on it. Then it's a commonly held belief. Votes: 0
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