Of all things, good sense is the most fairly distributed: everyone thinks he is so well supplied with it that even those who are the hardest to satisfy in every other respect never desire more of it than they already have.
Human natureIntelligenceJudgmentSelf awarenessSelf perception
It ignores actual differences in reasoning ability between individuals.
Me tenant comme je suis, un pied dans un pays et l'autre en un autre, je trouve ma condition tres heureuse, en ce qu'elle est libre.
Variants: Good sense is of all things in the world the most equally distributed, for everybody thinks he is so well supplied with it, that even those most diff…
Ex nihilo nihil fit.
The awareness of their individual blemishes and shortcomings inclines the frustrated to detect ill will and meanness in their fellow men. Self-contempt, howeve…
Tout le monde se plaint de sa memoire, et personne ne se plaint de son jugement.
He's not as smart as he thinks he is Yes he is. And if you doubt it, you're not as smart as you think you are.