The dull mind, once arriving at an inference that flatters the desire, is rarely able to retain the impression that the — George Eliot, Silas Marner
The dull mind, once arriving at an inference that flatters the desire, is rarely able to retain the impression that the — George Eliot, Silas Marner
The dull mind, once arriving at an inference that flatters the desire, is rarely able to retain the impression that the — George Eliot, Silas Marner
The dull mind, once arriving at an inference that flatters the desire, is rarely able to retain the impression that the — George Eliot, Silas Marner
The dull mind, once arriving at an inference that flatters the desire, is rarely able to retain the impression that the — George Eliot, Silas Marner
Download Customize

The dull mind, once arriving at an inference that flatters the desire, is rarely able to retain the impression that the notion from which the inference started was purely problematic.

— George Eliot, Silas Marner
Pin Share Tweet Telegram
Topics
assumptions fallacy thinking

More “Assumptions” Quotes

You can't always expect people to apply your wisdom when they didn't use wisdom before they found themselves knee deep i — Shannon L. Alder
I like uncovering the cultural prejudices I didn't even know. — A.J. Jacobs, The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World
Sex education in the modern manner has been well-described as plumbing for hedonists. — George F. Will, The Woven Figure: Conservatism and America's Fabric
Assumptions close doors. Intrigue opens them. — Sam Owen, 500 Relationships And Life Quotes: Bite-Sized Advice For Busy People
I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail. — Abraham H. Maslow, Toward a Psychology of Being
My point is this — you don't know. When I was first here, people looked at my hair, noticed apples on my tray, and thoug — Rebecca McKinsey, Sydney West
Casting a curious gaze down on planet Earth, extra-terrestrial beings could well be forgiven for assuming that we humans — Alex Morritt, Impromptu Scribe
It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into. — Jonathan Swift
Don’t we see that men’s rightful task is to go out to work and wear themselves out trying to accumulate wealth, as thoug — Moderata Fonte
Most of our assumptions have outlived their uselessness. — Marshall McLuhan
I am not convinced within myself that to its core and as a whole, humanity has, as some like to assume, progressed a gre — Criss Jami
Leaders don't assume. Assumptions are the termites of leadership. Communicate, communicate, and communicate, until you c — Farshad Asl