Suspicion is not less an enemy to virtue than to happiness; he that is already corrupt is naturally suspicious, and he that become...s suspicious will quickly be corrupt.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The more one knows of our life the more one must denounce it, lest it be suspected that one has a personal motive in defending it.... When other women speak of us you must assume an attitude of scorn, not only to protect yourself from suspicion, but that you may also feel it for yourself and have no temptation to return. When you think of us do not remember any small kindness that we may have shown you or that we show to one another. Remember only the things that have shocked you and outraged your traditions and your sense of decency. Remember your sufferings at the hands of beasts who are miscalled men. If you keep these things in view you will never again fall into temptation.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
An engaged woman is always more agreeable than a disengaged. She is satisfied with herself. Her cares are over, and she feels that... she may exert all her powers of pleasing without suspicion. All is safe with a lady engaged; no harm can be done.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
... as a result of generations of betrayal, it's nearly impossible for Southern Negroes to trust a Southern white. No matter what ...he does or what he suffers, a white liberal is never established beyond suspicion in the hearts of the minority.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
When once--which every body must be--you are convinced of the wickedness and deceit of men, it is impossible to preserve untainted... your own innocence of heart. Experience will prove the depravity of mankind, and the conviction of it only serves to create distrust, suspicion--caution--and sometimes causelessly.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
But as to women, who can penetrate The real sufferings of their she condition?... Man's very sympathy with their estate Has much of selfishness and more suspicion. Their love, their virtue, beauty, education, But form good housekeepers, to breed a nation.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »