Religion Quote by William Shakespeare

For oaths are straws, men's faiths are wafer-cakes, And hold-fast is the only dog.

— William Shakespeare

“An oath you only keep when it's convenient isn't an oath at all.”

— Brent Weeks

“An oath is a frightening thing when you are prepared to keep it, and I felt it tightening around my soul even as I…

— Rob S. Rice

Oaths are the fossils of piety.

— George Santayana

Oaths are but words, and words but wind.

— Samuel Butler

“Promise has faith as premise. Only men of faith can promise.”

— Toba Beta

Oaths are but words, and words are but wind.

— Samuel Butler

“the words have been spoken during rising tides of prosperity and the still waters of peace. Yet every so often, the oath is taken…

— Barack Obama

“It is easy and amusing to make promises one knows one can never keep, but to offer an oath when one knows it must…

— Galen Beckett

Do not give dalliance too much rein; the strongest oaths are straw to the fire in the blood.

— William Shakespeare

“oaths and anchors equally will drag: naught else abides on fickle earth but unkept promises of joy.”

— Herman Melville

“Oaths be of the heart, and he that breaketh them in open fact is oft, as now, no breaker in truth, for already were…

— E.R. Eddison