(blog lite)I've never been accused of having common sense, not one time in my life. To some people it makes sense to have common sense, but having common sense never made much sense to me.
Common Sense refers to a person's practical judgment apart from any special training, education or skill. In other words, you can't teach a person to have common sense if they don't already have it.
That makes sense to me, but folks who value having Common Sense can easily lose patience and become exasperated with folks who can't learn to have Common Sense. From their perspective it makes no sense to lack Common Sense and so it makes good sense to explain things in a way that makes the most sense.
Folks with common sense try to teach others common sense by relying on common expressions that make plain sense, including obvious truths like "A pound of prevention is worth a pound of cure" and basic principles like "Look before you leap" and "Better safe than sorry."
Does it make sense to keep trying to teach someone to have Common Sense when by definition, Common Sense is an innate sense of judgment existing apart from what's been learned?
What makes even less sense is why so much of what we commonly say and trust to be true makes so
little sense.
:-)Nothing ventured nothing gained vs. Look before you leap
If it ain't broke don't fix it vs. An ounce of prevention's worth a pound of cure
Don't cross the bridge until you come to it vs Don't put off til tomorrow what you can do today
Clothes make the man vs Don't judge a book by its cover
The pen is mightier than the sword vs Actions speak louder than words
A rolling stone gathers no moss vs Better safe than sorry
Paddle your own canoe vs Two heads are better than one
Silence is golden vs The squeaking wheel gets the grease
You can't teach an old dog new tricks vs You're never too old to learn
If at first you don't succeed try try again vs Don't beat your head against a brick wall
He who hesitates is lost vs Look before you leap
Out of sight, out of mind vs Absence makes the heart grow fonder
Hitch your wagon to a star vs Don't bite off more than you can chew
