
“Enemies' promises were made to be broken.”
The Nurse and the Wolf http://books.google.com/books?id=5llsEPwcG2wC&q=%22promises+were+made+to+be+broken%22&pg=PA109#v=onepage, as translated by Joseph Jacobs (1894).
Polite Conversation (1738), Dialogue 1
“Enemies' promises were made to be broken.”
The Nurse and the Wolf http://books.google.com/books?id=5llsEPwcG2wC&q=%22promises+were+made+to+be+broken%22&pg=PA109#v=onepage, as translated by Joseph Jacobs (1894).
“This world is full of broken things: broken hearts, broken promises, broken people”
Source: The Unquiet
“Some promises are best broken. Trust me on this: I’m a politician.”
Source: Pushing Ice (2005), Chapter 34 (p. 475)
Nothing’s Sacred (2005)
“My whole life has been one big broken promise.”
Source: How to Save a Life