“Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.” This quotation is by -

Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772 - 1834):
Works:
- Biographia Literaria
- Christabel
- Dejection: An Ode
- Frost at Midnight
- Kubla Khan
- Lyrical Ballads
- On the Constitution of the Church and State
- The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Some of Coleridge's quotes:
- “Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.”
- “Silence does not always mark wisdom.”
- “He who is best prepared can best serve his moment of inspiration.
- “He prayeth best who loveth best
   All things both great and small”

Source: Poetryfoundation; Britannica & SparkNotes