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    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.

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Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind;
The thief doth fear each bush an officer.

Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind;
The thief doth fear each bush an officer.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Suspicion Quotes,
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He that is already corrupt is naturally suspicious, and he that becomes suspicious will quickly become corrupt.

He that is already corrupt is naturally suspicious, and he that becomes suspicious will quickly become corrupt.

by Samuel Johnson Found in: Suspicion Quotes,
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The wolf dreads the pitfall, the hawk suspects the snare, and the
kite the covered hook.
[Lat., Cautus read more

The wolf dreads the pitfall, the hawk suspects the snare, and the
kite the covered hook.
[Lat., Cautus enim metuit foveam lupus, accipiterque
Suspectos laqueos, et opertum milvius hamum.]

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Pure love and suspicion cannot dwell together: at the door where the latter enters, the former makes its exit.

Pure love and suspicion cannot dwell together: at the door where the latter enters, the former makes its exit.

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Suspicion is the courageous side of weakness

Suspicion is the courageous side of weakness

by Thomas Kempis Found in: Suspicion Quotes,
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Disagreeable suspicions are usually the fruits of a second
marriage.
[Lat., Les soupcons importuns
Sont d'un read more

Disagreeable suspicions are usually the fruits of a second
marriage.
[Lat., Les soupcons importuns
Sont d'un second hymen les fruits les plus communs.]

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The less we know the more we suspect.

The less we know the more we suspect.

by Josh Billings Found in: Suspicion Quotes,
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Would he were fatter! But I fear him not.
Yet if my name were liable to fear,
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Would he were fatter! But I fear him not.
Yet if my name were liable to fear,
I do not know the man I should avoid
So soon as that spare Cassius.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Suspicion Quotes,
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The world has grown suspicious of anything that looks like a happily married life.

The world has grown suspicious of anything that looks like a happily married life.

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