Common sense is the measure of the possible; it is composed of experience and prevision; it is calculation applied to life. (Henri-Frédéric Amiel)

Common sense is the measure of the possible; it is composed of experience and prevision; it is calculation applied to life.

Henri-Frédéric Amiel

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