Suspicion is not less an enemy to virtue than to happiness; he that is…

Joseph Addison
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Suspicion is not less an enemy to virtue than to happiness; he that is already corrupt is naturally suspicious, and he that becomes suspicious will quickly be corrupt. ✨ Joseph Addison (1793). A Collection of Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments, p.378
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Suspicion is not less an enemy to virtue than to happiness; he that is already corrupt is naturally suspicious, and he that becomes suspicious will quickly be corrupt. ✨ Joseph Addison (1793). A Collection of Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments, p.378

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