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Presumption Quotes

Just as lavishness leads easily to presumption, so does frugality to meanness. But meanness is a far less serious fault than presumption Picture Quote #1

You will be most readily cured of vanity or presumption by studying the history of music, and by hearing the master pieces which have been produced at different periods Picture Quote #1

My own fault. The equipment had safeties but your primary piece of protective equipment was your brain. There was a presumption that anyone entering this room was intelligent enough to keep away from hot things, sharp things, and things carrying large stores of momentum Picture Quote #1

The vain presumption of understanding everything can have no other basis than never having understood anything. For anyone who had ever experienced just once the perfect understanding of one single thing, and had truly tasted how knowledge is accomplished, would recognize that of the infinity of other truths he understands nothing Picture Quote #1

What we have come to, through a combination of popular psychology and expanding technology, is a presumption that all our thoughts and feelings are worth uttering Picture Quote #1

Truth is more deceptive than falsehood, for it is more frequently presented by those from whom we do not expect it, and so has against it a numerical presumption Picture Quote #1

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The presumption that any current opinion is not wholly false, gains in strength according to the number of its adherents Picture Quote #1

Presumption is our natural and original malady. The most vulnerable and frail of all creatures is man, and at the same time the most arrogant Picture Quote #1

Weakness, fear, melancholy, together with ignorance, are the true sources of superstition. Hope, pride, presumption, a warm indignation, together with ignorance, are the true sources of enthusiasm Picture Quote #1

To say that an idea is necessary is simply to affirm that we cannot conceive the contrary; and the fact that we cannot conceive the contrary of any belief may be a presumption, but is certainly no proof, of its truth Picture Quote #1

A presumption of any fact is, properly, an inferring of that fact from other facts that are known; it is an act of reasoning; and much of human knowledge on all subjects is derived from this source Picture Quote #1

So the people will pay the penalty for their kings' presumption, who, by devising evil, turn justice from her path with tortuous speech Picture Quote #1

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I cannot conceive how any man can have brought himself to that pitch of presumption, to consider his country as nothing but carte blanche, upon which he may scribble whatever he pleases Picture Quote #1

Presumption will be easily corrected; but timidity is a disease of the mind more obstinate and fatal Picture Quote #1

Solitude is a human presumption. Every quiet step is thunder to beetle life underfoot, a tug of impalpable thread on the web pulling mate to mate and predator to prey, a beginning or an end. Every choice is a world made new for the chosen Picture Quote #1

I dared not trust the case on the presumption that the court knows everything. In fact, I argued it on the presumption that the court didn’t know anything Picture Quote #1

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Just as lavishness leads easily to presumption, so does frugality to meanness. But meanness is a far less serious fault than presumption (Presumption Quotes) You will be most readily cured of vanity or presumption by studying the history of music, and by hearing the master pieces which have been produced at different periods (Presumption Quotes) My own fault. The equipment had safeties but your primary piece of protective equipment was your brain. There was a presumption that anyone entering this room was intelligent enough to keep away from hot things, sharp things, and things carrying large stores of momentum (Presumption Quotes) The vain presumption of understanding everything can have no other basis than never having understood anything. For anyone who had ever experienced just once the perfect understanding of one single thing, and had truly tasted how knowledge is accomplished, would recognize that of the infinity of other truths he understands nothing (Presumption Quotes) What we have come to, through a combination of popular psychology and expanding technology, is a presumption that all our thoughts and feelings are worth uttering (Presumption Quotes) Truth is more deceptive than falsehood, for it is more frequently presented by those from whom we do not expect it, and so has against it a numerical presumption (Presumption Quotes) The presumption that any current opinion is not wholly false, gains in strength according to the number of its adherents (Presumption Quotes) Presumption is our natural and original malady. The most vulnerable and frail of all creatures is man, and at the same time the most arrogant (Presumption Quotes) Weakness, fear, melancholy, together with ignorance, are the true sources of superstition. Hope, pride, presumption, a warm indignation, together with ignorance, are the true sources of enthusiasm (Presumption Quotes) To say that an idea is necessary is simply to affirm that we cannot conceive the contrary; and the fact that we cannot conceive the contrary of any belief may be a presumption, but is certainly no proof, of its truth (Presumption Quotes) A presumption of any fact is, properly, an inferring of that fact from other facts that are known; it is an act of reasoning; and much of human knowledge on all subjects is derived from this source (Presumption Quotes) So the people will pay the penalty for their kings' presumption, who, by devising evil, turn justice from her path with tortuous speech (Presumption Quotes) I cannot conceive how any man can have brought himself to that pitch of presumption, to consider his country as nothing but carte blanche, upon which he may scribble whatever he pleases (Presumption Quotes) Presumption will be easily corrected; but timidity is a disease of the mind more obstinate and fatal (Presumption Quotes) Solitude is a human presumption. Every quiet step is thunder to beetle life underfoot, a tug of impalpable thread on the web pulling mate to mate and predator to prey, a beginning or an end. Every choice is a world made new for the chosen (Presumption Quotes) I dared not trust the case on the presumption that the court knows everything. In fact, I argued it on the presumption that the court didn’t know anything (Presumption Quotes)

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