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I am just a poor boy
though my story's seldom told,
I have squandered my resistance
for a pocketful of mumbles,
such are promises.

—Simon & Garfunkel

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Oft expectation fails, and most oft there where most it promises.

—William Shakespeare

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An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.

—Mae West

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A promise made is a debt unpaid.

—Robert Service

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The best way to keep one's word is not to give it lightly.

—George Santayana

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We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform what we cannot.

—Abraham Lincoln

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The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
but I have promises to keep.

—Robert Frost

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Some promises are better left unsaid.

—Anne Brontë

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Poem: Mama’s Promise

Poem: The Promise

Poem: The Promise We Live By

Poem: Promise

Poem: Coming Home from the Circus My Son Makes Me Promise Not to Say "Bear"

Poem: Promises to Keep

Poem: The Year Has Made No Promises

Poem: Does the Document Promise?

Poem: God’s Promises

Sonnet 34: Why didst thou promise such a beauteous day

Poem: The Happiest Day

Never is a Promise

Promises

Promises, Promises

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