For one to grasp, whatever be his object, sov'reign power ... is an act of perilous presumption. — Vittorio Alfieri Copy Share Image
So the people will pay the penalty for their kings' presumption, who, by devising evil, turn justice from her path with tortuous… — Hesiod Copy Share Image
I think the presumption is, for some reason, anybody who comes from the business or the corporate world is corrupt. — Mark Esper Copy Share Image
Art derives a considerable part of its beneficial exercise from flying in the face of presumptions. — Henry James Copy Share Image
Were I to flatter myself with the possibility of success in such combat, it would indeed be presumption. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
All writing is presumption, of course, since no one knows what it is like to be another human being. — Cynthia Ozick Copy Share Image
Fortune, to show us her power in all things, and to abate our presumption, seeing she could not make fools wise, has… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
The only barrier to truth is the presumption that you already have it. — Chuck Missler Copy Share Image
The world, we are told, was made especially for man - a presumption not supported by all the facts... Why should man… — John Muir Copy Share Image
We dress them [children] in the presumptions of the world. They are the bright small face of hope. They are the last… — E. L. Doctorow Copy Share Image
What we have come to, through a combination of popular psychology and expanding technology, is a presumption that all our thoughts and… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
That an author takes a bow is not humility but presumption. What does the paleface want on the stage afterwards? But before… — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
We start from the presumption that our people are talented and want to contribute. We accept that, without meaning to, our company… — Edwin Catmull Copy Share Image
From my perspective, 'postmodernism' merely names an interesting set of developments in the social order that is based on the presumption that… — Stanley Hauerwas Copy Share Image
The Court made an exception, however, in the case of candidates contributing to their own campaigns because of the rather reasonable presumption… — James L. Buckley Copy Share Image
“But consider the utter insignificance of what we think we do know, compared to what there is to know. To conclude that… — Mark Millstorm Copy Share Image
Every man carries about him a touchstone, if he will make use of it, to distinguish substantial gold from superficial glitterings, truth… — John Locke Copy Share Image
Active liberty is particularly at risk when law restricts speech directly related to the shaping of public opinion, for example, speech that… — Stephen Breyer Copy Share Image
“If the tradition which claims that war may be justified does not also admit that it could be unjustified, the affirmation is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
No human government has a right to enquire into private opinions, to presume that it knows them, or to act on that… — Charles James Fox Copy Share Image
In the upshot there is only one answer for the preacher who wonders whether he is worthy to preach the sermon he… — Harry Blamires Copy Share Image
I think straight couples have a schedule: You're together for two years and then there's the 'where is this going?' question, which… — Nick Denton Copy Share Image
(From the story The Last Days of a Famous Mime) He said nothing. He was mildly annoyed at her presumption: that he… — Peter Carey Copy Share Image
“Such presumption," said Aunt Laura, meaning for a Dix to aspire to a Murray. "It wasn't because of his presumption I packed… — L.M. Montgomery Copy Share Image
“I go on the presumption that everyone's full of shit until proven otherwise, and this usually serves me in good stead.” — Dennis Lehane Copy Share Image
“The presumption of innocent until proven guilty has been overshadowed by the presumption of guilty until proven wealthy” — Frank Vetro Copy Share Image
The presumption that any current opinion is not wholly false, gains in strength according to the number of its adherents. — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
“It is bad enough to be unconverted and going to hell. It is even worse to say, “I know it and will… — J.C. Ryle Copy Share Image
But most it is presumption in us when the help of heaven we count the act of men. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“There is something infantile in the presumption that somebody else has a responsibility to give your life meaning and point” — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Stay out of the court of self-judgment, for there is no presumption of innocence. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Latent genius is but a presumption. Everything that can be, is bound to come into being, and what never comes into being… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
Every doer of the law and every moral worker is accursed, for he walketh in the presumption of his own righteousness. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
An important and fundamental premise of the American judicial system is the presumption of innocence, that is until proven guilty. — DMX Copy Share Image
I had learned to harness ignorance with presumption. I was ready to become an unacknowledged watercolorist. — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
It is a presumption on the part of man when he demands in words an explanation of God. — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
Presumption should never make us neglect that which appears easy to us, nor despair make us lose courage at the sight of… — Benjamin Banneker Copy Share Image
The Freedom of Information Act should be administered with a clear presumption: In the face of doubt, openness prevails. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Pause and remember - Making the wrong assumptions causes pain and suffering for everyone. — Jennifer Young Copy Share Image
Presumption will be easily corrected; but timidity is a disease of the mind more obstinate and fatal. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
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