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Promises may get friends, but it is performance that must nurse and keep them.

Owen Feltham

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Owen Feltham
Died: 1668
Died: January 1
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For converse among men, beautiful persons have less need of the mind's commending qualities. Beauty in itself is such a silent orator, that it is ever pleading for respect and liking, and by the eyes of others is ever sending, to their hearts for love.
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