Epictetus
Philosopher
"From this instant on, vow to stop disappointing yourself. Separate yourself from the mob. Decide to be extraordinary and do what you need to do -- now."
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Vow
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J. R. R. Tolkien
Novelist, Scholar
"Let him not vow to walk in the dark, who has not seen the nightfall."
William Shakespeare
Playwright, Poet
"Men's vows are women's traitors"
Alfred the Great
King
"The vow that binds too quickly snaps itself."
Mahatma Gandhi
Political Leader
"Personally, I hold that a man, who deliberately and intelligently takes a pledge and then breaks it, forfeits his manhood."
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"Tis not the many oaths that make the truth; But the plain single vow, that is vow'd true."
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"A person unbound by vows can never be absolutely relied upon."
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"Chastity more rarely follows fear, or a resolution, or a vow, than it is the mere effect of lack of appetite and, sometimes even, of distaste."
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"A vow is a snare for sin"
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"Come, even if you have broken your vow one thousand times, come, yet again, come, come."
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"Your capacity to keep your vow will depend on the purity of your life."
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"I vow and protest there's more plague than pleasure with a secret."
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"Your destiny is that of a man, your vows those of a god."
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"A vow must lead one upwards, never downwards towards perdition."
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"The marriage vow is an absurdity imposed by society."
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"We have a vow to give wholeheartedly everything to the poor."
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"Self-restraint is the very keystone of the ethics of vow-taking."
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"Men are men, vows are words, and words are wind."
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"Vows begin when hope dies."
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"Vow to seek a Calm Inner Response to the Circumstances of your Life"
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"Assure thee, if I do vow a friendship, I'll perform it to the last article." --Othello, Act III, Scene iii"
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"All unnecessary vows are folly, because they suppose a prescience of the future, which has not been given us."
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"[Meryl Streep] just sent me an email, and I was like, "That's perfect." She was like, "Yes, Viola, now that you've just had your vow renewal...this is the best part of your life now. There's not anything that you don't know anymore in terms of what's good and bad out there, so now you can just fly." She's always imparting wisdom like that."
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"Proper wedding vows are more a promise of mutually binding future love than a declaration of your present love."
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"I used to dream, and I used to vow; I wouldn't dream of it now."
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