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The less we know the more we suspect.
The less we know the more we suspect.
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.]
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 courageous side of weakness
Suspicion is the courageous side of weakness
Suspicions which may be unjust need not be stated.
Suspicions which may be unjust need not be stated.
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?]
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.
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."