Vaclav Havel Quotes

People should be more passive with what they consider trustworthy.

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

You can never trust what you read.

The man who trusts men will make fewer mistakes than he who distrusts them.

The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.

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

It is important not to trust people too much.

Trust everybody, but cut the cards.

Seek simplicity but distrust it.

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

Trust, but verify.

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

Ah! yes, I know: those who see me rarely trust my word: I must look too intelligent to keep it.

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

You can't trust very many people.

I trust no one totally.

Who naught suspects is easily deceived.

I don't consider myself to be that credulous.

Never trust a man who doesn't like Elvis.

There's only a handful of people I trust completely, and I know who they are. Other than that, I pretty much don't trust people.

All men profess honesty as long as they can. To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so is something worse.

He who believes in nobody knows that he himself is not to be trusted.

I'm very wary of trust, you see.

Trust not a new friend or an old enemy.

Trust but verify. Doveryai no proveryai.