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

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Never take a solemn oath. People think you mean it. – Norman Douglas

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In the midst of great joy, do not promise anyone anything. In the midst of great anger, do not answer anyones letter. – Chinese 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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