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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.
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.
There is no greater fraud than a promise not kept.
There is no greater fraud than a promise not kept.
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.
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.
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.
A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.
A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.
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.