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The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.
The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.
To promise not to do a thing is the surest way in the world to make a body want to read more
To promise not to do a thing is the surest way in the world to make a body want to go and do that very thing.
You cannot live on other people's promises, but if you promise others enough, you can live on your own.
You cannot live on other people's promises, but if you promise others enough, you can live on your own.
The promises of this world are, for the most part, vain phantoms; and to confide in one's self, and become read more
The promises of this world are, for the most part, vain phantoms; and to confide in one's self, and become something of worth and value is the best and safest course.
A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.
A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.
There is no greater fraud than a promise not kept.
There is no greater fraud than a promise not kept.
Where there is an unknowable there is a promise.
Where there is an unknowable there is a promise.
Between today and tomorrow are graves, and between promising and fulfilling are chasms.
Between today and tomorrow are graves, and between promising and fulfilling are chasms.
Some people don't understand the promises they're making when they make them.
Some people don't understand the promises they're making when they make them.
