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Oaths are the fossils of piety. - George Santayana

Oaths are the fossils of piety. – George Santayana

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A conception not reducible to the small change of daily experience is like a currency not exchangeable for articles of consumption it is not a symbol, but a fraud. – George Santayana

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Friendship is almost always the union of a part of one mind with the part of another people are friends in spots. – George Santayana

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

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A promise made is a debt unpaid. – Robert Service

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Promises are like crying babies in a theater, they should be carried out at once. – Norman Vincent Peale

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