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The disappointment caused by him who promises much and performs little or nothing, is likened to the phenomena of an eastern climate; the drought o…

Whoever boasts about a false gift— that is, talks loudly of what he is going to do for another, and then does nothing.

Whoso boasts himself of a false gift
Of his charity and alms deeds; bragging of great things he does this way, when …

He who pretends to have received or given what he never had, is like the morning cloud, that disappoints those who look for rain.
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Albert Barnes
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