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Those you trust the most can steal the most.

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in trust

[in trust] {adv.} or {adj. phr.} In safe care for another. * /The money was held by the hank in trust for the widow./ * /At his death Mr. Brown […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

name day

[name day] {n.} The day of the saint for whom a person is named. * /Lawrence's name day is August 10, the feast of St. Lawrence./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

brain trust

[brain trust] {n.} A group of specially trained, highly intelligent experts in a given field. * /Albert Einstein gathered a brain trust around himself at the Princeton Institute of Advanced […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

John Varley

(1947--), sci-fi author, Steel Beach Never trust anybody who says "trust me." Except just this once, of course. www.english-slang.com

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