Good sense is of all things in the world the most equally distributed, for everybody thinks he is so well supplied with it that even those most difficult to please in all other matters never desire more of it than they already possess.
Le bon sens est la chose du monde la mieux partagée; car chacun pense en être si bien pourvu, que ceux même qui sont les plus difficiles à contenter en toute autre chose n'ont point coutume d'en désirer plus qu'ils en ont.
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As attributed in Ian Glynn, An Anatomy of Thought: The Origin and Machinery of the Mind (2003), p. 7
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Common sense is the most widely shared commodity in the world, for every man is convinced that he is well supplied with it.