Some people break promises for the pleasure of breaking them.

Quote by William Hazlitt

Topics: Commitment Quotes

Genius is a native to the soil where it grows - is fed by the...

Genius is a native to the soil where it grows - is fed by the...

I should like to spend the whole of my life in traveling abroad, if I...

I should like to spend the whole of my life in traveling abroad, if I...

He who undervalues himself is justly undervalued by others.

He who undervalues himself is justly undervalued by others.

The truly proud man knows neither superiors or inferiors. The first he does not admit...

The truly proud man knows neither superiors or inferiors. The first he does not admit...

The person whose doors I enter with most pleasure, and quit with most regret, never...

The person whose doors I enter with most pleasure, and quit with most regret, never...

He is a hypocrite who professes what he does not believe; not he who does...

He is a hypocrite who professes what he does not believe; not he who does...

Genius, like humanity, rusts for the want of use

Genius, like humanity, rusts for the want of use

There is no one thoroughly despicable. We cannot descend much lower than an idiot; and...

There is no one thoroughly despicable. We cannot descend much lower than an idiot; and...

Learning is its own exceeding great reward.

Learning is its own exceeding great reward.

The busier we are the more leisure we have.

The busier we are the more leisure we have.

I conceive that words are like money, not the worse for being common, but that...

I conceive that words are like money, not the worse for being common, but that...

The English (it must be owned) are rather a foul-mouthed nation.

The English (it must be owned) are rather a foul-mouthed nation.

The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the...

The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the...

To be remembered after we are dead, is but poor recompense for being treated with...

To be remembered after we are dead, is but poor recompense for being treated with...

A grave blockhead should always go about with a lively one - they show one...

A grave blockhead should always go about with a lively one - they show one...

Without the aid of prejudice and custom, I should not be able to find my...

Without the aid of prejudice and custom, I should not be able to find my...

To give a reason for anything is to breed a doubt of it.

To give a reason for anything is to breed a doubt of it.

When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a...

When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a...

I like a friend the better for having faults that one can talk about.

I like a friend the better for having faults that one can talk about.

Those who speak ill of the spiritual life, although they come and go by day,...

Those who speak ill of the spiritual life, although they come and go by day,...