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Albert Einstein2 quotes
The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of every day thinking. — Albert Einstein · 1936Common sense is actually nothing more than a deposit of prejudices laid down in the mind prior to the age of eighteen. — Albert Einstein · 1948Jefferson Smith1 quote
I wouldn't give you two cents for all your fancy rules if behind them they didn't have a little bit of plain, ordinary, everyday kindness and a little looking out for the other fella, too. — Jefferson Smith · 1939Rene Descartes1 quote
Good sense is of all things in the world the most equally distributed, for everybody thinks he is so well supplied with it, that even those most difficult to please in all other matters never desire more of it than they already possess. — Rene Descartes · 1637Voltaire1 quote
Common sense is not so common. — Voltaire · 1764