疑ぎ心しん暗あん鬼きを生しょうず

expression

suspicion begets monsters

Proverb meaning that once you become suspicious, you start imagining all sorts of frightening things; fear and doubt create imaginary threats.

• 疑ぎ心しん暗あん鬼きを生しょうずというように、一いち度ど疑うたがい始はじめると何なんでも怪あやしく見みえてしまう。

  As the saying goes, suspicion begets monsters; once you start doubting, everything starts to look suspicious.