281 Quotes About Assumptions

Laws are always unstable unless they are founded upon the manners of the nation; manners are the only durable and resisting power in a people.

The greatest difficulty in antiquity with that of altering the law; among the moderns, it is that of altering the manners.

Pride is a fallacy. None of us are greater than the sum of our parts.

One’s opinion should only be as strong as one’s knowledge on the matter.

The strength of one's opinion should not exceed their knowledge on the matter.

It always matters who the storyteller is. It’s a lens.

Strong prejudices in an ill-formed mind are hazardous to government.

The road itself tells us far more than signs do.

The author says that one of the difficulties of modern parenting is the uncertainty of what parents are preparing children for. In traditional societies this was clear, as parents prepared children for a society and for roles much like their own. She writes, "There is no folk wisdom.