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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.
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.]
Never trust a man who speaks well of everybody.
Never trust a man who speaks well of everybody.
What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?
What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?
On one issue at least, men and women agree: they both distrust women.
On one issue at least, men and women agree: they both distrust women.
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.
Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.
Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.
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.
