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Uncommon Quotes

Success is the uncommon application of common knowledge

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Common sense (which, in truth, is very uncommon) is the best sense I know of: abide by it; it will counsel you best.

Lord Chesterfield, David Roberts (2008). “Lord Chesterfield's Letters”, p.97, Oxford University Press

Uncommon extension of the fear of death.

Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.130, 谷月社

It is not uncommon to suppose that the free exchange of property in markets and capitalism are one and the same. They are not. While capitalism operates through the free market, free markets don't require capitalism.

Jeremy Rifkin (2014). “The Zero Marginal Cost Society: The Internet of Things, the Collaborative Commons, and the Eclipse of Capitalism”, p.39, Palgrave Macmillan