Quote by George Santayana
Oaths are the fossils of piety. - George Santayana

Oaths are the fossils of piety. – George Santayana

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Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the performance of it. – Jean Jacques Rousseau

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He was ever precise in promise-keeping. – William Shakespeare

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Between today and tomorrow are graves, and between promising and fulfilling are chasms. – Author Unknown

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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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