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Oaths are the fossils of piety. - George Santayana

Oaths are the fossils of piety. – George Santayana

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It is a revenge the devil sometimes takes upon the virtuous, that he entraps them by the force of the very passion they have suppressed and think themselves superior to. – George Santayana

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Miscellaneous
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George Santayana
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By natures kindly disposition most questions which it is beyond a mans power to answer do not occur to him at all. – George Santayana

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Nature
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A liar is always lavish of oaths. – Pierre Corneille

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Promises

Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform. – William Penn

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Promises are like babies: easy to make, hard to deliver. – Author Unknown

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Promises

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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All my humor is based upon destruction and despair. If the whole world were tranquil, without disease and violence, Id be standing on the breadline right in back of J. Edgar Hoover. – Lenny Bruce

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All around as a person, on right decisions, on holding your money, on doing your trade, a good education is a must. I dont think I wouldve done as good without an education. – Bobby Vinton

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