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“But a thought must directly, or indirectly, by means of certain signs, relate ultimately to intuitions; consequently, with us, to sensibility, because in no other way can an object be given to us.” Immanuel Kant, Critique of Pure Reason
“Art . . . is the human disposition of sensible or intelligible matter for an esthetic end.” James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
“I'm now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself.” Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights
“Not to grieve a kind master, I learned to be less touchy; and, for the space of half a year, the gunpowder lay as harmless as sand, because no fire came near to explode it.” Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights
“The only man who behaved sensibly was my tailor: he took my measure anew every time he saw me, whilst all the rest went on with their old measurements and expected them to fit me.” George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman
“if you couldn’t trust a poet to offer sensible advice, who could you trust?” Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book
“Listen, I don't care what you say about my race, creed, or religion, Fatty, but don't tell me I'm not sensitive to beauty.” J. D. Salinger, Franny and Zooey
“I do not know whether it ought to be so, but certainly silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way.” Jane Austen, Emma
“She was sensible and clever; but eager in everything: her sorrows, her joys, could have no moderation.” Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility
“Oh, I don't think I would care to catch a sensible man. I shouldn't know what to talk to him about.” Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest

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