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

Oaths are the fossils of piety. – George Santayana

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Parents lend children their experience and a vicarious memory children endow their parents with a vicarious immortality. – George Santayana

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As a human being, the best eulogy I can reasonably hope for is “He made his promises sincerely and broke them regretfully.” – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Nothing is as easy to make as a promise this winter to do something next summer; this is how commencement speakers are caught. – Sydney J. Harris

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

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Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making it predictable and reliable to the extent that this is humanly possible. – Hannah Arendt

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When I sent those scripts, that was the lowest point of my life. Wed just had our second son, and when I went to collect them from hospital, I went to the bank to try and get some money to buy some diapers, the screen showed Ive got $26 left. – Ang Lee

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Its incredible that they censor films. Its sad. – Dario Argento

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