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It is natural for men to want power. But to seek power actively takes a temperament baffling to both the simple and the wise. The… — Gore Vidal
There are some centuries which - apart from everything else - in the art and other disciplines presume to remake everything because they know how… — Giacomo Leopardi
Well I was much too practical to presume to have a career in comedy. — Bob Newhart
I wouldn't ever presume to say that I am a comic book fan. — Ray Stevenson
Lost' holds a very special place in people's hearts and I wouldn't presume to say that 'FlashForward' will replace 'Lost.' I think it provides a… — Sonya Walger
I wouldn't presume to know something, but I have lots to learn and that's what I attempt to do through my work. — Joe Wright
Human life is limited, but knowledge is limitless. To drive the limited in pursuit of the limitless is fatal; and to presume that one really… — Zhuangzi
The only census of the senses, so far as I am aware, that ever before made them more than five, was the Irishman's reckoning of… — Lord Kelvin
Maybe it's a little ambitious of me to presume that no matter how big the film is, that I can always go down to the… — Tom Hardy
So community colleges are accessible, they're available, they're affordable, and their curriculums don't get stuck. In other words, if there's a need for a certain… — George W. Bush
It is a little out of touch to presume that someone wants to follow your every observation and insight over the course of hundreds of… — Christopher Bollen
Commemoration of Gilbert of Sempringham, Founder of the Gilbertine Order, 1189 Some there are who presume so far on their wits that they think themselves… — Thomas Aquinas
I do not presume to explain how to paint, but only how to get enjoyment. — Winston Churchill
I can not understand why ministers presume to deliver sermons every week at appointed hours because it is humanly impossible for inspirations to come with… — Sinclair Lewis
Why is it that people who cannot show feeling presume that that is a strength and not a weakness? — May Sarton
Since when do grown men and women, who presume to hold high government office and exercise what they think of as "moral leadership," require ethics… — Meg Greenfield
Men who undertake considerable things, even in a regular way, ought to give us ground to presume ability. — Edmund Burke
There is one death bed repentance recorded in the Bible (the thief on the cross), so that no one despair, but there is ONLY one,… — Matthew Henry
Always presume that the enemy has dangerous designs and always be forehanded with the remedy. But do not let these calculations make your timid. — Frederick The Great
You presume to name those who have no name. We are pandemonium and disaster. We are the dancing, gibbering horror of the world. — Brenna Yovanoff
I have nothing but myself to write about, no facts, no theories, no opinions, no adventures, no sentiments, nothing but my own poor barren individualism,… — James Anthony Froude
The wise maketh every thing the means of advantage; and with the same countenance beholdeth he all the faces of fortune: he governeth the good,… — Robert Dodsley
I'm not a global warming believer. I'm not a global warming denier. I'm a global warming agnostic who believes instinctively that it can't be very… — Charles Krauthammer
I look only to the good qualities of men. Not being faultless myself, I won't presume to probe into the faults of others. — Mahatma Gandhi
Until you understand a writer's ignorance, presume yourself ignorant of his understanding. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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