Contents -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.

Promise

Promises are like pie-crust, made to be broken.
—Anonymous

Promises are like Adonis’ gardens,
That one day bloom’d and fruitful were the next.
—William Shakespeare

A large promise without performance is like a false fire to a great piece, which dischargeth a good expectation with a bad report.
—Arthur Warwick