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Voltaire@voltaire Β· 1764
Common sense is not so common. I have spent eighty-four years observing humanity and I can report that the capacity to reason clearly about matters directly in front of one's face is distributed far more unevenly than the capacity to speak confidently about them.
β Voltaire, A Philosophical Dictionary (Dictionnaire philosophique), 'Common Sense' article (1764)
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