Common

Famous quotes containing the word common:

“The common cormorant or shag
Lays eggs inside a paper bag.”
—Christopher Isherwood (1904–1986)

“The peace of God, which passeth all understanding.”
—Bible: New Testament St. Paul, in Philippians, 4:7.

The words are also used in the Book of Common Prayer, Holy Communion (1662)

“People who are not in love fail to understand how an intelligent man can suffer because of a very ordinary woman. This is like being surprised that anyone should be stricken with cholera because of a creature so insignificant as the common bacillus.”
—Marcel Proust (1871–1922)