“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 he who trusts everyone.”
Carlos Ruiz Zafón book The Shadow of the Wind
Source: The Shadow of the Wind
Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Angel
Variant: Bloodthirsty little beasts. Never trust a duck.
Source: Clockwork Angel
“Never act in breach of trust.”
Basava (1134–1196) a 12th-century Hindu philosopher, statesman, Kannada Bhakti poet of Lingayatism
Basavanna's Preachings
Nikola Tesla (1856–1943) Serbian American inventor
To a secretary, as quoted in Tesla: Man Out of Time (1998) by Margaret Cheney, p. 127 (footnote). https://books.google.pl/books/about/Tesla.html?id=HIuK7iLO9zgC&printsec=frontcover&source=kp_read_button&hl=en&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Never%20trust%20a%20Jew&f=false
Tesla's anti-Semitism appeared sporadic and was unusual among gentiles of his time.
“Sometimes I think I’ll never trust another girl the way I trust you.”
Jenny Han (1980) American writer
Source: We'll Always Have Summer
“Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.”
Aesop (-620–-564 BC) ancient Greek storyteller
The Fox and the Goat.
“We will never trust the West again.”
Dmitry Peskov (1967) Russian politician
"Russia Says It Will 'never Trust West Again', Fallout Over Ukraine War To Be 'long Crisis'" https://www.republicworld.com/world-news/russia-ukraine-crisis/russia-says-it-will-never-trust-west-again-fallout-over-ukraine-war-to-be-long-crisis-articleshow.html, Republic World, 22 June 2022 <br class="br">CNN Interview (March 2022)
“Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work.”
Rita Mae Brown (1944) Novelist, poet, screenwriter, activist
