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 would like to spend the whole of my life traveling, if I could anywhere borrow another life to spend at home. – William Hazlitt

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Poetry is the universal language which the heart holds with nature and itself. He who has a contempt for poetry, cannot have much respect for himself, or for anything else. – William Hazlitt

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When did the future switch from being a promise to being a threat? – Chuck Palahniuk

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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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We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform what we cannot. – Abraham Lincoln

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He loses his thanks who promises and delays. – Proverb

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A good husband is healthy and absent. – Japanese Proverb

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Taxation is the price we pay for failing to build a civilized society. The higher the tax level, the greater the failure. A centrally planned totalitarian state represents a complete defeat for the civilized world, while a totally voluntary society represents its ultimate success. – Mark Skousen

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The trouble with life is that there are so many beautiful women and so little time. – John Barrymore

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Yoga in Mayfair or Fifth Avenue, or in any other place which is on the telephone, is a spiritual fake. – Carl Jung

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