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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.
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.
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.
Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the performance of it.
Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the performance of it.
Where there is an unknowable there is a promise.
Where there is an unknowable there is a promise.
A promise is a cloud; fulfillment is rain.
A promise is a cloud; fulfillment is rain.
There is no greater fraud than a promise not kept.
There is no greater fraud than a promise not kept.
A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.
A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.
