SUSPICION QUOTES
quotations about suspicion
We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect.
HENRY DAVID THOREAU
journal entry, March 31, 1842
A suspicious person is the rival of him that deceives, both seem to practice a knowledge of cunning device, and equable sense of disingenuous merit.
NORMAN MACDONALD
Maxims and Moral Reflections
A person does not incur suspicion unless he has done the thing; and if he has not done it wholly he has done it partly; and if he has not done it partly, he has a mind to do it; and if he has not had a mind to do it, he has seen others doing it and enjoyed.
RABBI REUBEN BEN ESTROBILE
"Mo'ed Katan", Talmud
Suspicion is creative in its nature. It can bring out and develop the very evils it conceives.
JOHN DANIEL BARRY
"Being Suspicious", Reactions and Other Essays
When you are a child, there is joy. There is laughter. And most of all, there is trust. Trust in your fellows. When you are an adult ... then comes suspicion.
PETER DAVID
Tigerheart
A spirit of suspicion is not the gift of discernment.
R. ALAN WOODS
The Journey Is the Destination
Love is a two way suspicion.
THE OSMANDS
"Love Is"
Love on the line
That's my suspicion
When I see her in your eyes
Love undermined
No ammunition
I don't want to love you paralyzed
DIANA ROSS
"Love on the Line"
Suspicion is a virtue where a man holds his enemy in his bosom.
THOMAS LODGE
Rosalynde: Or, Euphues' Golden Legacy
Suspicion may be no fault, but showing it is a great one.
MADAME DE STAEL
attributed, Day's Collacon
Save what you learn,
Suspicion is sure soon to return.
Watch it gone, remote control
Against the world, against the truth, against it all.
THE CULT
"Amnesia"
The suspected man and the really guilty seem to differ but slightly.
AUSONIUS
attributed, Day's Collacon
Suspicion is a weed that keeps growing big and bigger.
G. RAM KUMAR
Career Excellence
What you don't know doesn't hurt you; it's what you suspect that causes all the trouble.
EVAN ESAR
20,000 Quips & Quotes
Never let suspicion and doubt rule your relationship. If you aren't willing to give that person up then not knowing is better in the long run. I know it sounds crazy but it's the truth.
ONE CURIOUS CAT
"whats the first sign of cheating", Topix, September 2, 2010
It is better to be victimized occasionally than to go through life filled with suspicion.
ELBERT HUBBARD
The American Bible
I met the devil in disguise
With his rainbow wings and a pack of lies
I had my suspicions but they were ignored
Far away the angel cries
How far away the angel sings
Don't sell your soul for a pack of lies
Don't sell your soul
EAGLE-EYE CHERRY
"Rainbow Wings"
The throbbing habits of assumption tinted with malice lead to decisions and actions that drum out faith, trust and respect towards a crashing carelessness and uselessness. Be effective by discarding sneaking suspicions.
ANGELICA HOPES
Landscapes of a Heart, Whispers of a Soul
Surprised innocence cannot imagine being under suspicion.
PIERRE CORNEILLE
Rodogune
A dull head thinks of no better way to show himself wise, than by suspecting everything in his way.
SIR PHILIP SIDNEY
attributed, Day's Collacon