A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.

  • -- Niccolò Machiavelli 尼科尔·马基雅维利

王子从不缺乏违背诺言的正当理由。

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Among the New Hollanders whom we were thus engaged with, there was one who by his appearance and carriage, as well in the morning as this afternoon, seemed to be the chief of them, and a kind of prince or captain among them.

在我们刚才谈到的那些新荷兰人中,有一个人,从他的外貌和他的马车看来,就象是他们的首领,在他们中间有一个王子或上尉。

I aimed at the Archduke. I do not remember what I thought at that moment.

我瞄准大公。我记不起当时是怎么想的了。

Not keeping a promise is the same as lying!

不遵守诺言就等于说谎!

A promise must never be broken.

决不可食言。