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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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All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent. – Edmund Burke

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Vows are made in storms and forgotten in calm weather. – Thomas Fuller

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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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Oft expectation fails, and most oft where most it promises; and oft it hits where hope is coldest; and despair most sits. – William Shakespeare

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When did the future switch from being a promise to being a threat? – Chuck Palahniuk

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