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«Some commoners are less common than others.»
«By and large the literature of a democracy will never exhibit the order, regularity, skill, and art characteristic of aristocratic literature; formal qualities will be neglected or actually despised. The style will often be strange, incorrect, overburdened, and loose, and almost always strong and bold. Writers will be more anxious to work quickly than to perfect details. Short works will be commoner than long books, wit than erudition, imagination than depth. There will be a rude and untutored vigor of thought with great variety and singular fecundity. Authors will strive to astonish more than to please, and to stir passions rather than to charm taste.»
Author: Alexis de Tocqueville
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Historian,
Political scientist)
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«Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.»
Author: Jean de La Fontaine
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Poet)
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«Intelligence has been commoner among American Presidents than high character»
«Rare virtues are like rare plants or animals, things that have not been able to hold their own in the world. A virtue to be serviceable must, like gold, be alloyed with some commoner but more durable metal.»
«Great success is commoner than great abilities.»
«Murder is commoner among cooks than among members of any other profession»
«The commoners can become knowledgeable only by emulating the senior scholars who are more knowledgeable and by following their sayings and teachings. »