Quote by Abraham Lincoln
We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to per

We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform what we cannot. – Abraham Lincoln

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The things I want to know are in books my best friend is the man wholl get me a book I aint read. – Abraham Lincoln

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

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Every organization of men, be it social or political, ultimately relies on mans capacity for making promises and keeping them. – Hannah Arendt

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Promises and pie crusts are made to be broken. – Jonathan Swift

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Promises are like the full moon, if they are not kept at once they diminish day by day. – German Proverb

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