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Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises; for never intending to go beyond promises; it costs nothing.

—Edmund Burke

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Edmund Burke (; 12 January [NS] 1729 – 9 July 1797) was an Anglo-Irish statesman and

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She had made a promise to herself that she intended on keeping. She was never going to go out with another writer: no matter how charming, sensitive, inventive, or fun they could be. They weren't worth it in the long run. They were emotionally too expensive, and the upkeep was complicated. They were like having a vacuum cleaner around the house that broke all the time and only Einstein could fix it. She wanted her next lover to be a broom.

—Richard Brautigan

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