He has defined Comedy as the contrast of the middle way, the way of common sense, with our human vagaries, "Comme un point fixe fait remarquer l'emportement des autres.
But light-heartedness and sincerity are not to common sense incompatible, and thus we are rightly led up to the impasse by paths of laughter.
Erudition, criticism, common sense, an almost exact exposition of dogmas and of institutions, philosophic views of the relationships between events and on the general run of these, nothing is lacking but the people!
Today workmen's coalitions and strikes seem to have stopped throughout England, and the economists rightly rejoice over this return to order,-- let us say even to common sense.
Well then, are you content to admit that opinion for true, which upon examination shall appear most agreeable to Common Sense, and remote from Scepticism?
Principles which, at first view, lead to Scepticism, pursued to a certain point, bring men back to Common Sense.
After all, let me entreat you to consider whether it be like a philosopher, or even like a man of common sense, to pretend to believe you know not what and you know not why.
All fools, she reflected, were subject to meteoric gleams of common sense.
It is the merit of the Roman Church that she left us some grains of common sense in regard to minor morals.
Character grows with practice; it builds and builds on itself when once it has a fair start, and a very little intelligence is needed if once the will is used to direct the body and mind in the lines of common sense.
But in the truest way, and the way which appeals to every one's common sense, neither one has a right to complain of the other, and each one by right should have first made things better and clearer in himself and herself.
In the name of common sense, what is the use of washing a cup that half an hour later is going to be made dirty again?
I hope I pain no one by quoting Janet's common sense.
Tell me," I say--for at such times all my stock of common sense is not sufficient to convince me that the old House is but clay.
His wife, whatever her conduct, had clear eyes and an almost depressing amount of common sense.
It remained for her father to apply the test of common sense.
Now, in the name of common sense, can it be Joshua that relates what people had done after he was dead?
Common sense tells me to stick to that steady course.
Common sense tells us this is the place to look for more jobs and to find them faster.
It brought back a needed measure of common sense, steadfastness, and self-discipline.
Moreover, there is nothing so evident or so agreeing to common sense as this, that what is not animate is inanimate, and what is not inanimate is animate.
For what can be more agreeable to common sense, than that, as desirable things are requisite to live commodiously, so natural things are necessary that we may live according to Nature?
It is beyond mending that Advena Murchison belongs to you and you to her in no common sense.
The characteristics of him I have tried to convey were grafted on an excellent fund of common sense.
Common sense, common knowledge of men and women should have warned me that there might be danger.
Houses and people seemed to welcome the wild youth to common sense, simplicity, and home.
Mr. Mattock listened attentively the first half-minute, after which it could be perceived that the orator was besieging a post, or in other words a Saxon's mind made up on a point of common sense.
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