Quote of the day 18th March 2019
It is often observed that Common sense isn't.
Voltaire wrote:
Will Rogers is also credited with a similar quote.
The first person known to have made a similar comment appears, however to be Nicholas Amhurst (1697 – 1742) who wrote “Terræ-filius or The Secret History of the University of Oxford In Several Essays” published in 1726, in which is found the following:
"There is not a more uncommon thing in the world than common sense."
Here's the full quote:
Voltaire wrote:
The first person known to have made a similar comment appears, however to be Nicholas Amhurst (1697 – 1742) who wrote “Terræ-filius or The Secret History of the University of Oxford In Several Essays” published in 1726, in which is found the following:
"There is not a more uncommon thing in the world than common sense."
Here's the full quote:
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