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Promises make debt, and debt makes promises.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

Promises make debts, and debts make promises.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

Promise little and do much.

Proverbs and old sayings British about promise

Promise little but do much.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about promise, americans

Promise little but with respect.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about promise, respect, americans

Promise is debt.

Proverbs and old sayings English about promise

Promise little and do a lot.

Proverbs and old sayings about promise

Promise freely, fullfill sparingly.

Proverbs and old sayings Swedish about promise

Promises fill no sack.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

Promises and undressed cloth are apt to shrink.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

Promises don't fill the belly.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Promises have legs. Only a gift has hands.

Proverbs and old sayings German about gifts

Promises may make friends, but 'tis performances that keep them.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Promises are like the full moon: if they are not kept at once they diminish day by day.

Proverbs and old sayings German about moon, day

Promises must not fill the place of gifts.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about gifts

Promises, like pie crust, are made to be broken.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

Promised berries will not fill the basket.

Proverbs and old sayings

A promise is a cloud; fulfillment is rain; and the best promise is that which has been proved by rain.

Proverbs and old sayings about promise, fulfillment, rain

A promise is a cloud; fulfillment is rain.

Proverbs and old sayings about fulfillment, promise, rain

The world has not made a promise to anybody.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about promise, world