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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 raging and roaring 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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Curmudgeonesque
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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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Nothing weights lighter than a promise. – German Proverb

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Promises make debt, and debt makes promises. – Dutch Proverb

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A promise is a comfort for a fool. – Proverb

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Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build bridges even when there are no rivers. – Nikita Khrushchev

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