"Take not God's name in vain; select a time when it will have effect."

Bierce, Ambrose on Swearing
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"'Twas but my tongue, 'twas not my soul that swore."

Euripides on Swearing
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"Grant me some wild expressions, Heavens, or I shall burst."

Farquhar, George on Swearing
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"Ethelberta breathed a sort of exclamation, not right out, but stealthily, like a parson's damn."

Hardy, Thomas on Swearing
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"I've tried to reduce profanity but I reduced so much profanity when writing the book that I'm afraid not much could come out. Perhaps we will have to consider it simply as a profane book and hope that the next book will be less profane or perhaps more sacred."

Hemingway, Ernest on Swearing
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"Oaths are the fossils of piety."

Santayana, George on Swearing
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"A whoreson jackanapes must take me up for swearing; as if I borrowed mine oaths of him and might not spend them at my pleasure. When a gentleman is disposed to swear, it is not for any standers-by to curtail his oaths, ha?"

Shakespeare, William on Swearing
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"It comes to pass oft that a terrible oath, with a swaggering accent sharply twanged off, gives manhood more approbation than ever proof itself would have earned him."

Shakespeare, William on Swearing
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"Ay, ay, the best terms will grow obsolete: damns have had their day."

Sheridan, Richard Brinsley on Swearing
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"A footman may swear; but he cannot swear like a lord. He can swear as often: but can he swear with equal delicacy, propriety, and judgment?"

Swift, Jonathan on Swearing
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