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Oaths are the fossils of piety. - George Santayana

Oaths are the fossils of piety. – George Santayana

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The effort of art is to keep what is interesting in existence, to recreate it in the eternal. – George Santayana

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The passions grafted on wounded pride are the most inveterate they are green and vigorous in old age. – George Santayana

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A promise is a comfort for a fool. – Proverb

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The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present. – Niccolò Machiavelli

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Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build bridges even when there are no rivers. – Nikita Khrushchev

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The man who promises everything is sure to fulfill nothing, and everyone who promises too much is in danger of using evil means in order to carry out his promises, and is already on the road to perdition. – Carl Jung

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