Mind Common Sense

Famous quotes containing the words mind, common and/or sense:

“In statesmanship get the formalities right, never mind about the moralities.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)

“My facts shall be falsehoods to the common sense. I would so state facts that they shall be significant, shall be myths or mythologic. Facts which the mind perceived, thoughts which the body thought—with these I deal.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“Some facts should be suppressed, or, at least, a just sense of proportion should be observed in treating them.”
—Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)