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    So soon as ever thou seest him, draw; and as thou draw'st, swear
    horrible; for 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.

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To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man.
[Lat., In totum jurare, nisi ubi necesse est, read more

To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man.
[Lat., In totum jurare, nisi ubi necesse est, gravi viro parum
convenit.]

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I'll be damned for never a king's son in Christendom.

I'll be damned for never a king's son in Christendom.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Swearing Quotes,
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Though "Bother it" I may
Occasionally say,
I never never use a big, big, D.

Though "Bother it" I may
Occasionally say,
I never never use a big, big, D.

by William S. Gilbert Found in: Swearing Quotes,
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Our armies swore terrible in Flanders.

Our armies swore terrible in Flanders.

by Laurence Sterne Found in: Swearing Quotes,
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And then a whoreson jackanapes must take me up for swearing, as
if I borrowed mine oaths of him read more

And then 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.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Swearing Quotes,
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Jack was embarrassed--never hero more,
And as he knew not what to say, he swore.

Jack was embarrassed--never hero more,
And as he knew not what to say, he swore.

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Do not swear at all;
Or if thou wilt, swear by thy gracious self,
Which is the read more

Do not swear at all;
Or if thou wilt, swear by thy gracious self,
Which is the god of my idolatry,
And I'll believe thee.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Swearing Quotes,
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There written all
Black as the damning drops that fall
From the denouncing Angel's pen,
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There written all
Black as the damning drops that fall
From the denouncing Angel's pen,
Ere Mercy weeps them out again.

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That in the captain's but a choleric word,
Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy.

That in the captain's but a choleric word,
Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy.

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