#presume

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

— Alexander Pope

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True stability results when presumed order and presumed disorder are balanced. A truly stable system expects the unexpected, is prepared to be disrupted, waits to be transformed. ↗

— Tom Robbins

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If you presume to love something, you must love the process of it much more than you love the finished product. ↗

— John Irving

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I don't presume to think I'm great at anything. ↗

— Robert Kirkman

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During the many centuries that magic, here on this planet, was presumed to have worked, there were at least as many theories as to how magic worked as there were cultures and religions. ↗

— Lynn Abbey

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I am one of 40 grandchildren. What bothers me about the whole trust-fund thing is that it sort of presumes that everything is handed to you. And if there is one thing about my family that I do identify with, it is that everyone is extremely hardworking. ↗

— Rooney Mara

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The whole order of things is as outrageous as any miracle which could presume to violate it. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

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