Distrust Quote by Randall Jarrell

“We always tend to distrust geniuses about genius, as if what they say didn't arouse much empathy in us, or as if we were waiting till some more reliable source of information came along...”

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Our own distrust gives a fair pretence for the knavery of other people.

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Let not the world see fear and sad distrust govern the motion of a kingly eye.

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