break one's word
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And it's downright wicked to break one's word.
From A Little Florida Lady by Dorothy C. (Dorothy Charlotte) Paine
To break one's word is pleasure-fraught, To do one's duty gives a smart; While man, alas! will promise nought, That is repugnant to his heart.
From The Poems of Goethe Translated in the original metres by Edgar Alfred Bowring
One of these—pride in appearing not to need to break one's word, he supposes too rare to be presumed upon.
From Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics by Alexander Bain
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