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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You know more of a road by having traveled it than by all the conjectures and descriptions in the world. – William Hazlitt

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A nickname is the heaviest stone that the devil can throw at a man. It is a bugbear to the imagination, and, though we do not believe in it, it still haunts our apprehensions. – William Hazlitt

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One promises much, to avoid giving little. – Luc de Clapiers, Marquis de Vauvenargues

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Losers make promises they often break. Winners make commitments they always keep. – Denis Waitley

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Oaths are the fossils of piety. – George Santayana

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A liar is always lavish of oaths. – Pierre Corneille

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