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| Hoyt & Roberts, comps. Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations. 1922. |
| Presumption |
| Presume to lay their hand upon the ark Of her magnificent and awful cause. Cowper—The Task. Bk. II. The Timepiece. L. 231. | 1 |
| It is not so with Him that all things knows As ’tis with us that square our guess by shows: But most it is presumption in us when The help of heaven we count the act of men. All’s Well That Ends Well. Act II. Sc. 1. L. 152. | 2 |
| He will steal himself into a man’s favour and for a week escape a great deal of discoveries; but when you find him out, you have him ever after. All’s Well That Ends Well. Act III. Sc. 6. L. 97. | 3 |
| How dare the plants look up to heaven, from whence They have their nourishment? Pericles. Act I. Sc. 2. L. 55. | 4 |
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