Quotes about Common
If a man can have only one kind of sense, let him have common sense. If he has that and uncommon sense too, he is not far from genius.
— Henry Ward Beecher
All men were created to busy themselves with the labor for the common good.
— John Calvin
One human nature is common to all the descendants of Adam, and it is, for all men, guilty and polluted
— Herman Bavinck
And if one of the common people sins unintentionally and does what is prohibited by any of the LORD’s commandments, he incurs guilt.
— Leviticus 4:27
The privileges of a few do not make common law.
— Saint Jerome
That the most excellent method he had found of going to GOD, was that of doing our common business without any view of pleasing men, [Gal. i. 10; Eph. vi. 5, 6.] and (as far as we are capable) purely for the love of GOD.
— Brother Lawrence
I've twice run against women opponents, and it's a very different kind of approach. For those of us who have some chivalry left, there's a level of respect... You treat some things as a special treasure; you treat other things as common.
— Mike Huckabee
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
Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good.
— 1 Corinthians 12:7
A large house contains not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay. Some indeed are for honorable use, but others are for common use.
— 2 Timothy 2:20
The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.
— 1 Kings 10:27
The facts are that an essential difference exists between man and beast. Human nature is sui generis; it has its own character and attributes. If this be true, then the common origin of all men is a necessity;
— Herman Bavinck