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A usurper always distrusts the whole world.
[It., Usurpator diffida
Di tutti sempre.]
A usurper always distrusts the whole world.
[It., Usurpator diffida
Di tutti sempre.]
The disease of mutual distrust among nations is the bane of modern civilization.
The disease of mutual distrust among nations is the bane of modern civilization.
What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?
What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?
Never trust a man who speaks well of everybody.
Never trust a man who speaks well of everybody.
The people I distrust most are those who want to improve our lives but have only one course of action.
The people I distrust most are those who want to improve our lives but have only one course of action.
When desperate ills demand a speedy cure,
Distrust is cowardice, and prudence folly.
When desperate ills demand a speedy cure,
Distrust is cowardice, and prudence folly.
The feeling of mistrust is always the last which a great mind acquires.
The feeling of mistrust is always the last which a great mind acquires.
Three things a wise man will not trust,
The wind, the sunshine of an April day,
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Three things a wise man will not trust,
The wind, the sunshine of an April day,
And woman's plighted faith.
A certain amount of distrust is wholesome, but not so much of
others as of ourselves; neither vanity not read more
A certain amount of distrust is wholesome, but not so much of
others as of ourselves; neither vanity not conceit can exist in
the same atmosphere with it.