“Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.”
Aesop (-620–-564 BC) ancient Greek storyteller
The Fox and the Goat.
Source: Hot Water Music
“Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.”
Aesop (-620–-564 BC) ancient Greek storyteller
The Fox and the Goat.
“Never trust a man who reads only one book.”
Arturo Pérez-Reverte (1951) Spanish writer and journalist
Source: Purity of Blood
“Never trust them, never trust them. They can't be trusted.”
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (1900–2002) Queen consort of King George VI, mother of Queen Elizabeth II
On the Germans, to Woodrow Wyatt (16 November 1991), as quoted in The Journals of Woodrow Wyatt: Volume Two (2000) by Woodrow Wyatt, p. 608
“Never trust a man who thinks his religion gives him all the answers.”
Charles Stross book Halting State
Source: Halting State (2007), Chapter 33, “Elaine: Gentlemen and Players” (p. 275)
“Never trust he who trusts everyone.”
Carlos Ruiz Zafón book The Shadow of the Wind
Source: The Shadow of the Wind
“The man who trusts womankind trusts deceivers.”
Hesiod book Works and Days
Source: Works and Days (c. 700 BC), line 375.
Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Angel
Variant: Bloodthirsty little beasts. Never trust a duck.
Source: Clockwork Angel
Walter Moers (1957) German comic creator and author