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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

Other quotes by William Hazlitt

A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would make a dupe of himself too, if he could. – William Hazlitt

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respect
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William Hazlitt
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No man is truly great who is great only in his lifetime. The test of greatness is the page of history. – William Hazlitt

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

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

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Nothing weights lighter than a promise. – German Proverb

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I thought he was a young man of promise; but it appears he was a young man of promises. – Author Unknown

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When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind. – Seneca

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If one tends to be a humorous person and you have a sense of humor the rest of your life then you can certainly lighten the load, I think, by bringing that to your trials and tribulations. Its easy to have a sense of humor when everything is going well. – Alan Thicke

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Sometimes you must be cruel to be kind. – English Proverb

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As I pass it, I feel as if I saw a dear old mother, sweet in her weakness, trembling at the approach of her dissolution, but not appealing to me against the inevitable, rather endeavouring to reassure me by her patience, and pointing to a hopeful future. – Thomas Edward Brown

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