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Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never

Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing. – Edmund Burke

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Manners are of more importance than laws. Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarize or refine us, by a constant, steady, uniform, insensible operation, like that of the air we breathe in. – Edmund Burke

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Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling it never forgives preaching of a new gospel. – Edmund Burke

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As a human being, the best eulogy I can reasonably hope for is “He made his promises sincerely and broke them regretfully.” – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Thou ought to be nice, even to superstition, in keeping thy promises, and therefore equally cautious in making them. – Thomas Fuller

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Losers make promises they often break. Winners make commitments they always keep. – Denis Waitley

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We promise according to our hopes, and perform according to our fears. РFran̤ois VI de la Rochefoucault

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