4 Samuel Johnson Quotes on Trust

Samuel Johnson quotes on trust

49. It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.

77. We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know, because they have never deceived us.

89. Let us take a patriot, where we can meet him; and, that we may not flatter ourselves by false appearances, distinguish those marks which are certain, from those which may deceive; for a man may have the external appearance of a patriot, without the constituent qualities; as false coins have often lustre, though they want weight.

124. But if he does really think that there is no distinction between virtue and vice, why, Sir, when he leaves our houses let us count our spoons.