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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

2552 John Milton 1608-1674 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:2552
AUTHOR:John Milton (1608–1674)
QUOTATION:And oft, though wisdom wake, suspicion sleeps
At wisdom’s gate, and to simplicity
Resigns her charge, while goodness thinks no ill
Where no ill seems.
ATTRIBUTION:Paradise Lost. Book iii. Line 686.