Suspicion is not less an enemy to virtue than to happiness; he that is already corrupt is naturally suspicious, and he that becomes suspicious will quickly be corrupt.

  • -- Joseph Addison 约瑟夫·艾迪生

怀疑对美德的危害不亚于对幸福的危害;已经腐败的人天生多疑,而变得多疑的人很快就会腐败。

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Suspicion is far more to be wrong than right; more often unjust than just. It is no friend to virtue, and always an enemy to happiness.

怀疑远比对错重要;往往不公正多于公正。美德不是朋友,幸福永远是敌人。

Whatever hysteria exists is inflamed by mystery, suspicion and secrecy. Hard and exact facts will cool it.

任何歇斯底里的存在都被神秘、怀疑和保密所煽动。确凿的事实会让它冷静下来。

Those who corrupt the public mind are just as evil as those who steal from the public purse.

那些败坏公众思想的人就像那些从公众钱包里偷东西的人一样邪恶。

When the state is most corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.

当国家最腐败时,法律就会成倍增加。