"I am not in the roll of common men."
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"These signs have marked me extraordinary, And all the courses of my life do show I am not in the roll of common men."
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"Thou unassuming common-place of Nature, with that homely face."
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"The voice of the Lord is the voice of common sense, which is shared by all that is."
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"It is the common vice of all, in old age, to be too intent upon our interests."
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"It is indeed certain, that whoever attempts any common topick, will find unexpected coincidences of his thoughts with those of other writers; nor can the nicest judgment always distinguish accidental similitude from artful imitation."
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"Large offers and sturdy rejections are among the most common topics of falsehood."
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"Differences, we know, are never so effectually laid asleep as by some common calamity; an enemy unites all to whom he threatens danger."
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"Science is nothing, but trained and organized common sense."
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"However wretched a fellow-mortal may be, he is still a member of our common species."
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"Murder, like talent, seems occasionally to run in families. GEORGE HENRY LEWES, The Physiology of Common Life Killing is not nearly as easy as the innocent believe."
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"It seems like a dangerous concept to have someone who's just your drinking buddy. Someone you have nothing in common with, if you're sober, is probably not a good, healthy friendship."
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"Hinduism does not rest on the authority of one book or one prophet, nor does it posses a common creed like the Kalma."
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"Fasting and prayer are common injunctions in my religion."
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"The commonest thing is delightful if one only hides it."
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"For this reason, if you believe proverbs, let me tell you the common one: "It is unlucky to marry in May."
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"Can it be that I have overlooked something, that there is something which I have failed to understand? Is it not possible that this state of despair is common to everyone?"
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"A majority of the crime in the downtown is property crime. There have been a few larcenies and burglaries, but robberies and assaults are not common in the downtown. There isn't usually any violent crime."
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"What do I have in common with Jews? I don't even have anything in common with myself."
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"Women didn't have rights. Under British common law, women were property."
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