It is one of the commonest of mistakes to consider that the limit of our power of perception is also the limit of all there is to perceive. - C. W. Leadbeater
Militarism has been by far the commonest cause of the breakdown of civilizations. The single art of war makes progress at the expense of all the arts of peace. - Arnold Joseph Toynbee
The dog is the most faithful of animals and would be much esteemed were it not so common. Our Lord God has made His greatest gifts the commonest. - Martin Luther
The commonest thing is delightful if only one hides it. - Oscar Wilde
To forget one's purpose is the commonest form of stupidity. - Friedrich Nietzsche
George Washington as a boy was ignorant of the commonest accomplishments of youth - he could not even lie. - Mark Twain
One cannot fix one's eyes on the commonest natural production without finding food for a rambling fancy. - Jane Austen
George Washington, as a boy, was ignorant of the commonest accomplishments of youth. He could not even lie. - Mark Twain