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The man who trusts men will make fewer mistakes than he who distrusts them.
The man who trusts men will make fewer mistakes than he who distrusts them.
 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. 
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.
What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?
What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?
Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.
Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.
 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.
 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. 
 Three things a wise man will not trust,
 The wind, the sunshine of an April day,
  And read more 
 Three things a wise man will not trust,
 The wind, the sunshine of an April day,
  And woman's plighted faith.