"On dit quelquefois: "Le sens commun est fort rare.""
— Common sense

January 1, 1970

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People sometimes say: "Common sense is quite rare." — Voltaire, "Common Sense," Dictionnaire philosophique portatif (1765) — The better known variant of this quote is "Common sense is not so common," said to be in the Dictionnaire philosophique entry "Self-Love"; but it is not found there.