trust everybody, but cut the cards

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谚语
  1. One should have general faith in the good intentions of others, but one should never neglect to take appropriate precautions against being deceived or cheated.
    — A deep-dyed fatalist, sentimental yet cynical—"Trust everybody," he is fond of saying, "but cut the cards"—his running history of his Chicago tribe is a struggle of clan and family survival, with little help from outsiders.

词形变化

trust everybody, but always cut the cards alternative trust everybody, but cut the deck alternative trust every man, but cut the cards alternative trust your friends, but cut the cards alternative

词源

Reportedly coined by Finley Peter Dunne (1867-1936) and expressed in dialect by his character "Mr. Dooley" in Mr. Dooley's Philosophy (1900), p. 260: "Thrust ivrybody—but cut th' ca-ards."
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