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 All seems infected that the infected spy,
 As all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye.  
 All seems infected that the infected spy,
 As all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye. 
 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. 
 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." 
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.
 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.] 
 All persons as they become less prosperous, are the more 
suspicious. They take everything as an affront; and from read more 
 All persons as they become less prosperous, are the more 
suspicious. They take everything as an affront; and from their 
conscious weakness, presume that they are neglected.
 [Lat., Omnes quibus res sunt minus secundae magis sunt, nescio 
quomodo,
  Suspiciosi; ad contumeliam omnia accipiunt magis;
   Propter suam impotentiam se credunt negligi.] 
Suspicion is a mental picture seen through an imaginary keyhole
Suspicion is a mental picture seen through an imaginary keyhole
 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.] 
We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect.
We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect.