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Oaths are the fossils of piety. - George Santayana

Oaths are the fossils of piety. – George Santayana

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Many possessions, if they do not make a man better, are at least expected to make his children happier and this pathetic hope is behind many exertions. – George Santayana

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Hope
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When men and women agree, it is only in their conclusions their reasons are always different. – George Santayana

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Men
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The degree in which a poets imagination dominates reality is, in the end, the exact measure of his importance and dignity. – George Santayana

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Imagination
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Other Quotes from
Promises
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A vow is fixed and unalterable determination to do a thing, when such a determination is related to something noble which can only uplift the man who makes the resolve. – Mahatma Gandhi

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Promises

A politician is known by the promises he keeps. – Author Unknown

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Promises

It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath. – Aeschylus

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Promises

Vows are made in storms and forgotten in calm weather. – Thomas Fuller

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Promises

Random Quotes

Tragedy is a representation of action that is worthy of serious attention, complete in itself and of some magnitude – bringing about by means of pity and fear the purging of such emotions. – Aristotle

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Tragedy

Morning without you is a dwindled dawn. – Emily Dickinson

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Morning

You will not find a soulmate in the quiet of your room. You must go to a noisy place and look in the quiet corners. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Solitude

We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and each believes it possessed by others, to keep alive the hope of obtaining it for himself. – Samuel Johnson

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Happiness