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Suspicion is a mental picture seen through an imaginary keyhole
Suspicion is a mental picture seen through an imaginary keyhole
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.
 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.] 
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.
 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.] 
 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.] 
 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?] 
Suspicions which may be unjust need not be stated.
Suspicions which may be unjust need not be stated.
 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."