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Suspicion follows close on mistrust.
Suspicion follows close on mistrust.
Suspicion is the courageous side of weakness
Suspicion is the courageous side of weakness
 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.] 
The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.
The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.
Better to be occasionally cheated than perpetually suspicious.
Better to be occasionally cheated than perpetually suspicious.
 All is not well.
 I doubt some foul play. Would the night were come!
  Till then sit read more 
 All is not well.
 I doubt some foul play. Would the night were come!
  Till then sit still, my soul. Foul deeds will rise,
   Though all the earth o'erwhelm them, to men's eyes. 
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.
 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.] 
 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."