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Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.

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Common sense

Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen. by Einstein Albert

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Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions. www.english-slang.com

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