Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Worry, fear, self-distrust bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust.
The best rules to form a young man are, to talk little, to hear much, to reflect alone upon what has passed in company, to distrust one's opinions, and value others that deserve it.
Country people tend to consider that they have a corner on righteousness and to distrust most manifestations of cleverness, while people in the city are leery of righteousness but ascribe to themselves all manner of cleverness.
However much we may distrust men's sincerity, we always believe they speak to us more sincerely than to others.
When desperate ills demand a speedy cure,
Distrust is cowardice, and prudence folly.
A certain amount of distrust is wholesome, but not so much of others as of ourselves; neither vanity not conceit can exist in the same atmosphere with it.
Excessive distrust is not less hurtful than its opposite. Most men become useless to him who is unwilling to risk being deceived.
Distrust everyone in whom the impulse to punish is powerful! Does wisdom perhaps appear on the earth as a raven which is inspired by the smell of carrion?
I distrust all systematisers, and avoid them. The will to a system shows a lack of honesty.
I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires.
When desperate ills demand a speedy cure, Distrust is cowardice, and prudence folly.
Three things a wise man will not trust, The wind, the sunshine of an April day, And woman's plighted faith.
On one issue at least, men and women agree; they both distrust women.
Set the foot down with distrust on the crust of the world -- it is thin.
The best use one can make of his mind is to distrust it.
A certain amount of distrust is wholesome, but not so much of others as of ourselves; neither vanity nor conceit can exist in the same atmosphere with it.
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