Other related topics at: Virtue and Vice The Whole Truth 890. Caution; Projection; Suspicion; Trust "Whoever ... is overrun with suspicion, and detects artifice and stratagem in every proposal, must either have learned by experience or observation the wickedness of mankind, and been taught to avoid fraud by having often suffered or seen treachery; or he must derive his judgment from the consciousness of his own disposition, and impute to others the same inclinations which he feels predominant in himself." Johnson: Rambler #79 (December 18, 1750) Link 1,786. Trust "We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know, because they have never deceived us." Johnson: Idler #80 (October 27, 1759) Link