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Chance often gives us that which we should not have presumed to ask. — Alphonse De Lamartine

When people stargazing, they stare at stars,
and many other things which they've already
presumed commonly and universally as stars. — Toba Beta

Everybody is presumed to know the law except His Majesty's judges, who have a Court of Appeal set over them to put them right. — William Henry Maule

Never! while heaven spares my reason,' replied I, snatching away the hand he had presumed to seize and press between his own. — Anne Bronte

And why must it always be presumed that a woman's views are based on personal considerations? — Emma Donoghue

And seeing every man is presumed to do all things in order to his own benefit, no man is a fit Arbitrator in his own cause — Thomas Hobbes

Wrong people are wrong not because of their faults but because of their presumed virtues. — William A. Dembski

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

If prayer fails I am in a greater darkness yet, not knowing whether I have presumed too much or believed too little. — Morris L. West

we cannot focus on God and on ourselves and our presumed rights and privileges at the same time. — Marguerite Shuster

In athletics, the idea of possibility is presumed. It's not 'if;' it's 'how.' — Aimee Mullins

I presumed to fix my look on the eternal light so long that I consumed my sight thereon. — Dante Alighieri

My mother said I was at an awkward age. I didn't feel especially awkward, so I presumed she meant that it was awkward for them. — Joanna Cannon

senior officer presumed to be a better judge of — W. E. B. Griffin

Life is simply experience; for reasons not readily discerned, we attempt to go on. — Scott Turow

This lonely, uncompromising, obsessive tug-of-war with presumed reality, this is what art is all about. — Tom Robbins

I have remained resentful to this day
When any but myself presumed to say
That there was anything I couldn't be. — Robert Frost

Though I no longer presumed to have a conscience, I have never once lacked feelings. — Lyndsay Faye

I knew absolutely nothing about bondage. I'd always presumed it was just an inventive way of keeping your partner from going home. — Kathy Lette

Barry's of a mind it's better to be silent and presumed a fool than to open your mouth and remove doubt altogether. — Mark Frost

How different other families were, the shape of them, the things they presumed, the children that grew up in them. — Margo Lanagan

The public interest may be presumed to be what men would choose if they saw clearly, thought rationally, acted disinterestedly and benevolently. — Walter Lippmann

I presumed the president was being truthful until a series of events undercut that confidence. — Bob Graham

The universe ought to be presumed too vast to have any character. — Charles Sanders Peirce

Unaware that he is only interested in the presumed parched pucker in her pants, she is more than happy to give him her phone number. — Curtis Ackie

The Crime, from us, is hidden, [though] he is presumed to know. — Emily Dickinson

The color brown, I realized, is anything but nondescript. It comes in as many hues as there are colors of earth, with is commonly presumed infinite. — Barbara Kingsolver

Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem.
No more things should be presumed to exist than are absolutely necessary. — Mark Haddon

Those graces which from their presumed facility encourage all to attempt an imitation of them, are usually the most inimitable. — Charles Caleb Colton

(This place) presumed to be a town then, but was hardly more than a word under a tin roof. — Beryl Markham

Shouldn't homophobic politicians and anti-gay bullies be presumed to be gay until they get caught up in a straight sex scandal? — Dan Savage

I never presumed that a technique of composition or an idea was so special that just using it would guarantee the quality of the music. — Robert Morris

All are presumed good till they are found at fault. — George Herbert

It was business, and business may be presumed to cover quite a lot of bad taste. — Ford Madox Ford

Goldwater hardly ever mentioned a statistic. He hardly ever used it EXAMPLE. He presumed you already knew what he meant. Reagan SHOWED you. — Rick Perlstein

A great deal of what is presumed to be intractable or inevitable in this world doesn't strike me that way at all. — Katherine Boo

Nothing is to be presumed on, or despaired of. — George Herbert

The presumed causes of Americas troubles can be summed up simply: the evils of unlimited competition, and abuses by those with economic power. — Charles A. Reich

Any priest or shaman must be presumed guilty until proved innocent. — Robert A. Heinlein

Heil Hitler," he said, which, he presumed, was another way of saying, "Well, goodbye for now, have a pleasant afternoon. — John Boyne

Most national advertising is done without justification. It is merely presumed to pay. A little test might show a way to multiply returns — Claude C. Hopkins

For students who are in the most creative group in America to somehow be presumed to be narrow is just completely meshugga. — Gish Jen

True stability results when presumed order and presumed disorder are balanced. — Tom Robbins