trust Quotes

We are convinced by a speaker's good character when their speech makes us trust them. We believe good people more easily and completely than others, especially when there's no definite answer and opinions are split.

Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope.

No one loves the man whom he fears.

All that one gains by falsehood is, not to be believed when he speaks the truth.

No one loves the person they fear.

Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion.

Wise people have an inward sense of what is beautiful, and the highest wisdom is to trust this intuition and be guided by it.

Even that some people try deceived me many times ... I will not fail to believe that somewhere, someone deserves my trust.

One who faces and who fears the right things and from the right motive, in the right way and at the right time, posseses character worthy of our trust and admiration.

Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.