“Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.”– Ralph Waldo Emerson Related Quotes “Once men are caught up in an event, they cease to be afraid. Only the unknown frightens men.”– Antoine de Saint-Exupery “Fable is more historical than fact, because fact tells us about one man and fable tells us about a million men.”– Gilbert K. Chesterton “Men, as well as women, are much oftener led by their hearts than by their understandings.”– Lord Chesterfield