Common sense is seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done.

  • -- Henry Wheeler Shaw 亨利·惠勒·肖

常识就是看到事情本来的样子,做应该做的事情。

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I grow plants for many reasons: to please my eye or to please my soul, to challenge the elements or to challenge my patience, for novelty or for nostalgia, but mostly for the joy in seeing them grow.

我种植植物有很多原因:为了取悦我的眼睛或灵魂,为了挑战元素或挑战我的耐心,为了新奇或怀旧,但主要是为了看到它们生长的乐趣。

The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of genius, can deal with successfully.

一个好的领导者的天才之处在于,他留下了一个没有天才风度的常识可以成功处理的局面。

Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.

常识和幽默感是一回事,它们以不同的速度运动。幽默感就是常识,跳舞。

(On seeing a former lover for the first time in years) I thought I told you to wait in the car.

(多年来第一次见到以前的爱人)我想我告诉过你在车里等着。