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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 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. 
 Quoth Sidrophel, If you suppose,
 Sir Knight, that I am one of those,
  I might suspect, and read more 
 Quoth Sidrophel, If you suppose,
 Sir Knight, that I am one of those,
  I might suspect, and take th' alarm,
   You bus'ness is but to inform;
    But if it be, 'tis ne'er the near,
     You have a wrong sow by the ear. 
 All persons as they become less prosperous, are the more 
suspicious. They take everything as an affront; and from read more 
 All persons as they become less prosperous, are the more 
suspicious. They take everything as an affront; and from their 
conscious weakness, presume that they are neglected.
 [Lat., Omnes quibus res sunt minus secundae magis sunt, nescio 
quomodo,
  Suspiciosi; ad contumeliam omnia accipiunt magis;
   Propter suam impotentiam se credunt negligi.] 
We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect.
We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect.
 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.] 
Suspicions which may be unjust need not be stated.
Suspicions which may be unjust need not be stated.
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
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.