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Quote by Niccolò Machiavelli
The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is

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

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Promise little and do much. – Hebrew Proverb

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Breach of promise is a base surrender of truth. – Mohandas Gandhi

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Promises may fit the friends, but non-performance will turn them into enemies. – Benjamin Franklin

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Oft expectation fails, and most oft where most it promises; and oft it hits where hope is coldest; and despair most sits. – William Shakespeare

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