“When a man has no reason to trust himself, he trusts in luck.”
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E. W. Howe35
Novelist, magazine and newspaper editor 1853–1937Related quotes
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Variant: If a man has to say trust me, Gogu conveyed, it's a sure sign you cannot. Trust him, that is. Trust is a thing you know without words.
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“[Irene] hated trusting to luck. It was no substitute for good planning and careful preparation.”
Genevieve Cogman (1972) novelist and game designer
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Dashiell Hammett book The Maltese Falcon
Chap. 11, "The Fat Man"
Dialogue between the characters Kasper Gutman (the "fat man") and Sam Spade.
Source: The Maltese Falcon (1930)
Context: "We begin well, sir," the fat man purred … "I distrust a man that says when. If he's got to be careful not to drink too much it's because he's not to be trusted when he does. … Well, sir, here's to plain speaking and clear understanding. … You're a close-mouthed man?"
Spade shook his head. "I like to talk."
"Better and better!" the fat man exclaimed. "I distrust a close-mouthed man. He generally picks the wrong time to talk and says the wrong things. Talking's something you can't do judiciously unless you keep in practice."
