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Better to be occasionally cheated than perpetually suspicious.
Better to be occasionally cheated than perpetually suspicious.
The losing side is full of suspicion.
[Lat., Ad tristem partem strenua est suspicio.]
The losing side is full of suspicion.
[Lat., Ad tristem partem strenua est suspicio.]
There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all, but especially to read more
There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all, but especially to democracies as against despots - suspicion.
The less we know the more we suspect.
The less we know the more we suspect.
Suspicion follows close on mistrust.
Suspicion follows close on mistrust.
Suspicion is not less an enemy to virtue than to happiness; he that is already corrupt is naturally suspicious, and read more
Suspicion is not less an enemy to virtue than to happiness; he that is already corrupt is naturally suspicious, and he that becomes suspicious will quickly become corrupt
Suspicion is the courageous side of weakness
Suspicion is the courageous side of weakness
Suspicion is the companion of mean souls, and the bane of all good society.
Suspicion is the companion of mean souls, and the bane of all good society.
There is no rule more invariable than that we are paid for our suspicions by finding what we suspect.
There is no rule more invariable than that we are paid for our suspicions by finding what we suspect.