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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.

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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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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.

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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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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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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.

by Alexander Pope Found in: Suspicion Quotes,
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There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all, but especially to read more

There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all, but especially to democracies as against despots - suspicion.

by Demosthenes Found in: Suspicion Quotes,
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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?]

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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."

by Plutarch Found in: Suspicion Quotes,
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Suspicion follows close on mistrust.
[Ger., Argwohnen folgt auf Misstrauen.]

Suspicion follows close on mistrust.
[Ger., Argwohnen folgt auf Misstrauen.]

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