"Good sense" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... strong minds, and the veteran was of the number, prefer great perils, positions of danger accurately defined, to the vague anxieties which precede a settled misfortune. Guided by his good sense and admirable devotion, Dagobert understood at once, that his only resource was now in the justice of the burgomaster, and that all his efforts should tend to conciliate the favor of that magistrate. He therefore dried his eyes with the sheet, rose from the ground, erect, calm, and resolute, and ...
— The Wandering Jew, Complete • Eugene Sue
... "saw de wheel"—but he saw somewhat more than that. And Orton suggests that what he saw made perfectly good sense ... ...
— The Four-Faced Visitors of Ezekiel • Arthur W. Orton
... deputy sent by the government came to hold an inquest. He, however, formed an estimate of this singular case like a man of intelligence and good sense. But what should he say in ...
— Maupassant Original Short Stories (180), Complete • Guy de Maupassant
... The strong good sense of Amos Blank alone saved them from the utter despair that began to seize upon them as hour after hour passed without the reappearance ...
— The Second Deluge • Garrett P. Serviss
... love. However, the lady refused to abandon herself entirely. The husband confessed everything to his wife, even to the smallest details, and the lady did the same. Instead of becoming jealous, the wife had the good sense and the courage to treat the two lovers not only with indulgence, but a true and profound affection. The loyalty of each of the parties interested greatly facilitated the gradual denouement of a difficult situation, without the family affections suffering. ...
— The Sexual Question - A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study • August Forel
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