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Suspicions which may be unjust need not be stated.
Suspicions which may be unjust need not be stated.
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.
The less we know the more we suspect.
The less we know the more we suspect.
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.
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.
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.]
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.]
Suspicion follows close on mistrust.
[Ger., Argwohnen folgt auf Misstrauen.]
Suspicion follows close on mistrust.
[Ger., Argwohnen folgt auf Misstrauen.]
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.
