Quote by Robert Bolt
When a man takes an oath...,hes holding his ownself in his own han

When a man takes an oath…,hes holding his ownself in his own hands. Like water. And if he opens his fingers then- he neednt hope to find himself again. – Robert Bolt

Other quotes by Robert Bolt

Even at our birth, death does but stand aside a little. And every day he looks towards us and muses somewhat to himself whether that day or the next he will draw nigh. – Robert Bolt

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Death
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Moralitys not practical. Moralitys a gesture. A complicated gesture learnt from books. – Robert Bolt

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Morals
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It profits a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world… but for Wales! – Robert Bolt

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Soul
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If you wish to be success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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Promises are like crying babies in a theater, they should be carried out at once. – Norman Vincent Peale

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No pillows so soft as Gods Promise. – Anon.

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Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but a hell. – Karl Popper

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All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother. – Abraham Lincoln

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Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good people who dont vote. – William E. Simon

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