SWEARING

Related Subjects: Abuse, Curse, Oath, Vow

1. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain: for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.—Bible, Exodus 20:7
   

2. Gret Swering is a thing abhominable,
   And false swering is yet more reprevable.—CHAUCER, Canterbury Tales
   

3. I never use a big, big D.
   What, never?
   Hardly ever.—W. S. GILBERT, H. M. S. Pinafore
   

4. Unpack my heart with words,
   And fall a-cursing, like a very drab.—SHAKESPEARE, Hamlet
   

5. That unmeaning and abominable custom, swearing.—WASHINGTON