Common sense appears to be only another name for the thoughtlessness of the unthinking. It is made of the prejudices of childhood, the idiosyncracies of individual character, and the opinion of the newspapers.

W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) English novelist and playwright [William Somerset Maugham]
“Clinical Notes,” American Mercury (Nov 1924)

 
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