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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

I hate to be near the sea, and to hear it roaring and raging 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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Oceans
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William Hazlitt
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There is a heroism in crime as well as in virtue. Vice and infamy have their altars and their religion. – William Hazlitt

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Religion
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All promise outruns performance. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Promises

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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Promises

The promises of yesterday are the taxes of today. – William Lyon MacKenzie

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Promises

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

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We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them. – Khalil Gibran

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Society therefore is an ancient as the world. – Voltaire

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A good wife is one who serves her husband in the morning like a mother does, loves him in the day like a sister does and pleases him like a prostitute in the night. – Chanakya

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A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on. – Winston Churchill

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