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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.
Without your knowledge, the eyes and ears of many will see and
watch you, as they have done already.
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Without your knowledge, the eyes and ears of many will see and
watch you, as they have done already.
[Lat., Multorum te etiam oculi et aures non sentientem, sicuti
adhuc fecerunt, speculabuntur atque custodient.]
As to Caesar, when he was called upon, he gave no testimony
against Clodius, nor did he affirm that read more
As to Caesar, when he was called upon, he gave no testimony
against Clodius, nor did he affirm that he was certain of any
injury done to his bed. He only said, "He had divorced Pompeia
because the wife of Caesar ought not only to be clear of such a
crime, but of the very suspicion of it."
Quoth Sidrophel, If you suppose,
Sir Knight, that I am one of those,
I might suspect, and read more
Quoth Sidrophel, If you suppose,
Sir Knight, that I am one of those,
I might suspect, and take th' alarm,
You bus'ness is but to inform;
But if it be, 'tis ne'er the near,
You have a wrong sow by the ear.
What the devil was he doing in this galley?
[Fr., Que diable alloit-il faire dans cette galere?]
What the devil was he doing in this galley?
[Fr., Que diable alloit-il faire dans cette galere?]
The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.
The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.
Suspicion follows close on mistrust.
[Ger., Argwohnen folgt auf Misstrauen.]
Suspicion follows close on mistrust.
[Ger., Argwohnen folgt auf Misstrauen.]
A woman of honor should not expect of others things she would not do herself.
A woman of honor should not expect of others things she would not do herself.
The less we know the more we suspect.
The less we know the more we suspect.