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A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.
A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.
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.
Where there is an unknowable there is a promise.
Where there is an unknowable there is a promise.
There is no greater fraud than a promise not kept.
There is no greater fraud than a promise not kept.
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.
A promise is a cloud; fulfillment is rain.
A promise is a cloud; fulfillment is rain.
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.
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.
