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Lao Tzu

He who does not trust enough, Will not be trusted.

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If you are unwilling to give trust to others, they will have no reason to trust you in return. Trust is a mutual exchange that starts with your own willingness to believe in others.

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Espionage, for the most part, involves finding a person who knows something or has something that you can induce them secretly to give to you. That almost always involves a betrayal of trust.