Meghan Daum Quotes

It's good to trust others but, not to do so is much better.

Doubt must be no more than vigilance, otherwise it can become dangerous.

Skepticism, like chastity, should not be relinquished too readily.

I have in the past overly trusted people and was, in turn, let down by some. Since then, I have learned the difference between putting faith into people and blindly trusting them.

It is only prudent never to place complete confidence in that by which we have even once been deceived.

How prone to doubt, how cautious are the wise!

I'm cautious about a lot of words.

Seek simplicity but distrust it.

A wise man will keep his Suspicions muzzled, but he will keep them awake.

It's not that I can't be fooled, but I'm not fooled often.

The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.

I don't subscribe to anything. I sit there and I try to think about what seems honest to me.

It is important not to trust people too much.

Trust everybody, but cut the cards.

People think I'm crazy and reckless but I'm absolutely not... I'm soooo safe and soooo careful and I won't do anything that feels like I could break something.

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

Don't trust everyone, especially if they say, 'Trust me.'

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulty.

There is no safety for honest men but by believing all possible evil of evil men.

Children who know how to think for themselves spoil the harmony of the collective society…

When the fox preacheth then beware your geese.

He who sups with the devil has need of a long spoon

Always to distrust is an error, as well as always to trust.

Timidity is the root of prudence in the majority of men.

I'm always careful to even guess, at any juncture, about things before we do them.