A Quote by Aesop

Enemies' promises were made to be broken.

Aesop

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Aesop
Greek - Author
620 BC - 564 BC

It's important that we remind the American people of what they already know about Obamacare - that the promises that were made were all broken.

Mike Pence

Prayers and promises. The one his sister made to him. The unspoken one I made to my sister. Prayers are promises, too, and these are the days of broken promises.

Rick Yancey

I could think whatever I wanted to, but realized that any promises I made myself were destined to be broken.

Jodi Picoult

It was not despair, but it seemed to her as if life were passing by, leaving its promises broken and unfulfilled. Yet there were other days when she listened, was led on and deceived by fresh promises which her youth had held out to her.

Kate Chopin

It was funny that rank-and-file evangelicals were ahead of all the leadership. They saw for decades conservative Republicans had made promises to them on issues that were important to Christians and conservatives when they were running for office. But when they won, they didn't keep those promises.

Jerry Falwell, Jr.

This world is full of broken things: broken hearts, broken promises, broken people.

John Connolly

Satan promises the best, but pays with the worst; he promises honor, and pays with disgrace; he promises pleasure, and pays with pain; he promises profit, and pays with loss, he promises life, and pays with death. But God pays as he promises; all his payments are made in pure gold.

Thomas Brooks

Promises and pie-crust are made to be broken.

Jonathan Swift

It's scary how easy promises were broken.

Jenny Han

The problem with promises is that once you've made one, it's bound to be broken. It's like an unspoken cosmic rule.

Bree Despain

We were made for more than compromise. We were made for God's promises in every area of our lives.

Lysa TerKeurst

I’m tired of the lies and the cheating, and the broken promises that were never meant to be kept.

Sidney Sheldon

Every Indian outbreak that I have ever known has resulted from broken promises and broken treaties by the government.

Buffalo Bill

Candidates run for election on campaign promises, but once they're elected they renege on those promises, which happened with President [Barack] Obama on Guantánamo, the surveillance programs and investigating the crimes of the Bush administration. These were very serious campaign promises that were not fulfilled.