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Detective Milton Arbogast

We’re always quickest to doubt people who have a reputation for being honest.

— Psycho

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

A reputation for honesty is presented as a reason people become especially quick to doubt. That reverses the reassurance such a reputation might ordinarily offer. The quotation points to the mismatch between being known as truthful and being readily believed.

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