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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. 
 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 wolf dreads the pitfall, the hawk suspects the snare, and the 
kite the covered hook.
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 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 is the courageous side of weakness
Suspicion is the courageous side of weakness
Suspicion is the companion of mean souls, and the bane of all good society.
Suspicion is the companion of mean souls, and the bane of all good society.
 The losing side is full of suspicion.
 [Lat., Ad tristem partem strenua est suspicio.]  
 The losing side is full of suspicion.
 [Lat., Ad tristem partem strenua est suspicio.] 
 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.] 
Suspicions which may be unjust need not be stated.
Suspicions which may be unjust need not be stated.
 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.