A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
承诺
Promise
Promise little and do much
少许诺，多做事
A promise must never be broken.
决不可食言。
A promise made is a debt unpaid.
作出的承诺是未偿还的债务。
A gift is better than a promise.
礼物胜于承诺。
Promise a lot and give even more.
承诺很多，给予更多。
We'll be back. I promise you that.
我们还会回来的。我向你保证。
I never promised you a rose garden.
我从来没答应过你要玫瑰花园。
Promise me you'll never stop dreaming.
答应我你永远不会停止梦想。
You're never promised your next breath.
你永远不会有下一次呼吸的希望。
People change, and promises are broken.
人会变，承诺也会被打破。
A promise made should be a promise kept.
许下的诺言应该兑现。
I'm not trying to be macho, I promise you.
我向你保证，我不是想表现得像个男子汉。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
As to the Indians, the guiding principle was, promise them anything just so long as they get out of the way.
至于印第安人，他们的指导原则是，只要他们让开，就答应他们任何事情。
Promises and undressed cloth are apt to shrink.
诺言和未熨过的衣服容易缩水。
It is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often attracts the weak.
正是因为它所承诺的权力感，邪恶才常常吸引弱者。
It is much better to promise nothing and try and give everything... Than promise everything and give nothing at all....
什么也不答应，试着付出一切，这样会好得多。总比什么都答应却什么都不给要好。
The dreams which reveal the supernatural are promises and messages that God sends us directly: they are nothing but His angels, His ministering spirits , who usually appear to us when we are in a great predicament.
揭示超自然现象的梦是神直接给我们的应许和信息:它们不过是他的天使，他的侍奉灵，当我们处于极大的困境时，他们通常会出现在我们面前。
Love is free; to promise for ever to love the same woman is not less absurd than to promise to believe the same creed; such a vow in both cases excludes us from all inquiry.
爱是免费的;承诺永远爱同一个女人并不比承诺相信同一个信条更荒谬;在这两种情况下，这样的誓言把我们排除在一切调查之外。