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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.
 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. 
Suspicion is not less an enemy to virtue than to happiness; he that is already corrupt is naturally suspicious, and read more
Suspicion is not less an enemy to virtue than to happiness; he that is already corrupt is naturally suspicious, and he that becomes suspicious will quickly become corrupt
 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. 
The less we know the more we suspect.
The less we know the more we suspect.
I have a strong suspicion . . . that much that passes for constant love is a golded- up moment read more
I have a strong suspicion . . . that much that passes for constant love is a golded- up moment walking in its sleep.
 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.] 
 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.] 
 Julius Caesar divorced his wife Pompeia, but declared at the 
trial that he knew nothing of what was alleged read more 
 Julius Caesar divorced his wife Pompeia, but declared at the 
trial that he knew nothing of what was alleged against her and 
Clodius. When asked why, in that case, he had divorced her, he 
replied: "Because I would have the chastity of my wife clear 
even of suspicion."