“When a man has no reason to trust himself, he trusts in luck.”
E. W. Howe (1853–1937) Novelist, magazine and newspaper editor
“I was the only man he trusted.”
Lt. Col. Eugene K. Bird
Help us to complete the source, original and additional information
Do you have more details about the quote "I was the only man he trusted." by Rudolf Hess?
Rudolf Hess12
German Nazi leader 1894–1987Related quotes
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."
“Never trust a man who reads only one book.”
Arturo Pérez-Reverte (1951) Spanish writer and journalist
Source: Purity of Blood
“Shall we relieve a man, that trusts when he needs not?”
John Holt (Lord Chief Justice) (1642–1710) English lawyer and Lord Chief Justice of England
Tawney's Case (1703), 2 Raym. 1013.
Maria Mitchell (1818–1889) American astronomer
Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters and Journals http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/10202/pg10202.html (1896).
John Quincy Adams (1767–1848) American politician, 6th president of the United States (in office from 1825 to 1829)
G. I. Gurdjieff (1866–1949) influential spiritual teacher, Armenian philosopher, composer and writer
In Search of the Miraculous (1949)
Context: In properly organized groups no faith is required; what is required is simply a little trust and even that only for a little while, for the sooner a man begins to verify all he hears the better it is for him. <!-- Ch. 11, p. 288