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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?]
Suspicion is far more to be wrong than right; more often unjust than just. It is no friend to virtue, read more
Suspicion is far more to be wrong than right; more often unjust than just. It is no friend to virtue, and always an enemy to happiness.
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.
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.]
The less we know the more we suspect.
The less we know the more we suspect.
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.
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.
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.
Suspicion follows close on mistrust.
Suspicion follows close on mistrust.