| What's Ben |
What's Verse |
Promises & Performance
see also BRAGGING & DISCRETION, FAKING & SINCERITY and TIME WASTING. |
| The proof of gold is fire, the proof of woman, gold; the proof of man, woman. [1733] | Testing (by marriage)
Your … undercarriage? |
| The noblest question in the world is What Good may I do? [1737] | Don't "should,"
Do good. |
Promises may get thee
Friends, but Non-
performance will turn them
into Enemies. [1740] | Swear to and don't do?
Ex-friends swear at you. |
| Mad Kings and mad Bulls, are not be held by treaties & packthread. [1746] | Treaty whitlers -
Little Hitlers. |
| Saying and Doing, have quarrel'd and parted. [1756] | Tongue fixes,
Fist nixes. |
Resolution: Resolve to
perform what you ought.
Perform without fail what
you resolve. [Virtue 4] | Duty's resolve
Must not disolve. |
Resolution
see also BAD HABITS & REFORM (1), PLANNING & DECIDING, PROMISES & PERFORMANCE and SELF-COMMAND. |
| The nearest way to come at glory, is to do that for conscience which we do for glory. [1737] | Valley Forge story:
Not just for glory. |
'Tis more noble to forgive,
and more manly to despise,
than to revenge an Injury. [1752] | The silly brat
Yells, "Tit for tat!" |
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