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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.
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.
Better to be occasionally cheated than perpetually suspicious.
Better to be occasionally cheated than perpetually suspicious.
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 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.]
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.
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.
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.]
Suspicions which may be unjust need not be stated.
Suspicions which may be unjust need not be stated.