“Not in vain oaths should prudent men believe,
But put their trust in actions.”
Alexis (-372–-270 BC) Athenian poet of Middle Comedy
Olynthia, Fragment 4.
“In vain I speak of urgent tasks;
In vain I scowl and pout;
A frown is no extinguisher —
It does not put him out!”
"My Familiar".
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It does not put him out!" by John Godfrey Saxe?
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