Never tell your resolution beforehand. –John Selden, Table Talk, 1689
John Selden, Table Talk.
John Selden advises not announcing intentions beforehand, likely because advance notice invites opposition or undermines resolve.
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The big print giveth and the small print taketh away.
He who is slowest in making a promise is most faithful in its performance. –Jean Jacques Rousseau, Discourse upon the Or…
— Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The best way to keep one's word is to not give it.
— Napoleon I.
One minute of keeping your mouth shut is worth an hour's explanation.
Suspect every one, and keep your suspicions to yourself.
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