smart, sensible

[Indigo Som]

If I may trouble y'all for your thoughts... where did the common pair "smart, sensible" come from, &/or why does it sound like it must have originated somewhere specific (like an ad campaign)? Smart & sensible separately would seem to be almost interchangeable to most people, but together they sound to me like an evocation of, hmm... down-to-earth, old-fashioned common sense.

Related, I think: short, sensible haircut.

Thanks :) Indigo

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