assumes

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Drama assumes an order. If only so that it might have - by disrupting that order - a way of surprising. Václav Havel

The conscience of the world is so guilty that it always assumes that people who investigate heresies must be heretics; just as if a doctor who studies leprosy must be a leper. Indeed, it is only recently that science has been allowed to study anything without reproach. Aleister Crowley

Every writer hopes or boldly assumes that his life is in some sense exemplary, that the particular will turn out to be universal. Martin Amis

Science has sometimes been said to be opposed to faith, and inconsistent with it. But all science, in fact, rests on a basis of faith, for it assumes the permanence and uniformity of natural laws - a thing which can never be demonstrated. Tryon Edwards

The viper assumes the colors of his surroundings. African Proverb

He assumes a cheerful countenance suppressing the grief which weighs heavily on his heart. Latin Proverb