Living
Suspicion makes secure.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
HE that will live of all cares dispossest,
Must shun the bad, I, and suspect the best.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “Suspicion makes secure.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/990/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “Suspicion makes secure.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/990/.
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