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Until you understand a writer's ignorance, presume yourself ignorant of his understanding. ↗

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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In particular, I established a reasonably accurate energy threshold for permanent displacement of a nucleus from its regular lattice position, substantially smaller than had been previously presumed. ↗

— Walter Kohn

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One has to be foolish or irredeemably stupid to believe that anything good can come to Europe from the land of presumed opportunity. ↗

— Julius Streicher

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Everyone's entitled to express their political beliefs. I don't presume to tell anybody who to vote for. I am comfortable telling people what my opinions are. ↗

— Ben Affleck

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For the sake of argument and illustration I will presume that certain articles of ordinary diet, however beneficial in youth, are prejudicial in advanced life, like beans to a horse, whose common ordinary food is hay and corn. ↗

— William Banting

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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

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Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man. ↗

— Alexander Pope

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I wouldn't even begin to presume that the talent of an able actor is anything like the talents of a prodigious musician. ↗

— Juliet Stevenson

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Again, I shall be told that the law presumes the husband to be kind, affectionate, and ready to provide for and protect his wife. But what right, I ask, has the law to presume at all on the subject? ↗

— Ernestine Rose

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On the recollection of so many and great favours and blessings, I now, with a high sense of gratitude, presume to offer up my sincere thanks to the Almighty, the Creator and Preserver. ↗

— William Bartram

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