"It is well known that those who do not trust themselves never trust others."
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"Never trust a survivor until you know how they survived."
"Never trust the teller, trust the tale."
"Never trust people that like to call things by initials, that's my philosophy."
"Never trust a demon. He has a hundred motives for anything he does... ninety-nine of them, at least, are malevolent."
"Never trust a thought that didn't come by walking."
"Never trust the artist. Trust the tale. The proper function of the critic is to save the tale from the artist who created it."
"Never trust advice from a man in the throes of his own difficulty."
"Never trust a man who says he is only a little crooked, and that the crookedness is exercised in your interest."
"Never trust a man who carries a handkerchief, I always say. One of many prejudicial rules of thumb."
"The apples stewed with prunes are excellent, except for the prunes, I won't eat prunes myself. Well, there was one time when Hobb chopped them up with chesnuts and carrots and hid them in a hen. Never trust a cook, my lord. They'll prune you when you least expect it."
"I never trusted a man who never smoked or drank."
"You can never trust what you read."
"Never trust to general impressions, my boy, but concentrate yourself upon details."
"You should never trust anyone who listens to Mahler before they're forty."
"never trust a man who won't accept that there is more than one way to spell a word Paraphrased"
"You should never trust a person who prays in public."
"Never trust machinery more complicated than a knife and fork."
"Never trust a journalist unless she's your mother."
"I never trust people with no appetite. It's like they're always holding something back on you."