the dice were loaded from the start

[musesfool]

I know there are some Russian speakers reading this - can anyone confirm for me that doveryai, no proveryai actually means "trust but verify" and is actually a Russian proverb and not something Ronald Reagan('s speechwriters) made up? I mean, that's what wikipedia tells me, but I trust you more than it.

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