Assumption Quote by Paul Watzlawick

“Usually a person relates to another under the tacit assumption thatthe other shares his view of reality, that indeed there is only onereality.” quote by Paul Watzlawick — Download Open image

“Usually a person relates to another under the tacit assumption thatthe other shares his view of reality, that indeed there is only onereality.”

Paul Watzlawick

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