Where there is any good disposition, confidence begets faithfulness; but distrust, if it do not produce treachery, never fails to destroy every inclination to evince fidelity. Most people disdain to clear themselves from the accusations of mere suspicion.

— Jane Porter Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney; with Remarks (1807)

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