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 Would he were fatter! But I fear him not.
 Yet if my name were liable to fear,
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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. 
 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.] 
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.
Suspicion follows close on mistrust.
Suspicion follows close on mistrust.
 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." 
The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.
The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.
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.
The less we know the more we suspect.
The less we know the more we suspect.
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.