"A person does not incur suspicion unless he has done the thing; and if he has not done it wholly he has done it partly; and if he has not done it partly, he has a mind to do it; and if he has not had a mind to do it, he has seen others doing it and enjoyed"
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Rabbi Reuben ben Estrobile, Talmud, tractate Mo'ed Katan 18b
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