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Quote by William Hazlitt
Some persons make promises for the pleasure of breaking them. - Wi

Some persons make promises for the pleasure of breaking them. – William Hazlitt

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I hate to be near the sea, and to hear it roaring and raging like a wild beast in its den. It puts me in mind of the everlasting efforts of the human mind, struggling to be free, and ending just where it began. – William Hazlitt

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Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future. – Hannah Arendt

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If you wish to be success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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

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When a man takes an oath…,hes holding his ownself in his own hands. Like water. And if he opens his fingers then- he neednt hope to find himself again. – Robert Bolt

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