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Common sense

«Science is organized common sense where many a beautiful theory was killed by an ugly fact.»
«Science is simply common sense at its best - that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic»
«Science is nothing but trained and organized common sense differing from the latter only as a veteran may differ from a raw recruit: and its methods differ from those of common sense only as far as the guardsman's cut and thrust differ from the manne»
«Seek advice but use your own common sense»
«Science is nothing but developed perception, interpreted intent, common sense rounded out and minutely articulated.»
«School days are the unhappiest in the whole span if human existence. They are full of dull, unintelligible tasks, new and unpleasant ordinances, with brutal violations of common sense and common decency.»
«Perfect good sense shuns all extremity, content to couple wisdom with sobriety»
«Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man's upper chamber, if he has common sense on the ground floor.»
«Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.»
«Poverty, Frost, Famine, Rain, Disease, are the beadles and guardsmen that hold us to Common Sense.»

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