“ 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? ”
- Jonathan Swift- Copy
- 1.8K
“ God willing, I will provide you with more information. I swear by God, I swear by God, those who are staying in Washington and London have thrown these mercenaries in a crematorium. ”
- Mohammed Saeed al Sahaf- Copy
- 3.5K
“ The idea that no gentleman ever swears is all wrong; he can swear and still be a gentleman if he does it in a nice and benevolent and affectionate way. ”
- Mark Twain- Copy
- 409
“ The world is not dialectical — it is sworn to extremes, not to equilibrium, sworn to radical antagonism, not to reconciliation or synthesis. This is also the principle of evil. ”
- Jean Baudrillard- Copy
- 2K
“ To swear off making mistakes is very easy. All you have to do is to swear off having ideas. ”
- Leo Burnett- Copy
- 3.6K
“ O, yes, I say it plain, America never was America to me, And yet I swear this oath — America will be! ”
- Charles Evans Hughes- Copy
- 2.8K
“ I swear to the lord I still can't see Why Democracy means Everybody but me. ”
- Charles Evans Hughes- Copy
- 3.4K
“ Utility is the great idol of the age, to which all powers must do service and all talents swear allegiance. ”
- Johann Friedrich von Schiller- Copy
- 3.7K
“ Observe this, that tho a woman swear, forswear, lie, dissemble, back-bite, be proud, vain, malicious, anything, if she secures the main chance, she's still virtuous; that's a maxim. ”
- George Farquhar- Copy
- 3.1K
“ The jury, passing on the prisoner's life, may have in the sworn twelve a thief or two guiltier than him they try. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
- 509
“ The foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing is a vice so mean and low that every person of sense and character detests and despises it. ”
- George Washington- Copy
- 541
“ Remember then, it is the Lord, your God, who gives you the power to acquire wealth, by fulfilling, as he has now done, the covenant which he swore to your fathers. ”
- The Holy Bible- Copy
- 1.7K
“ Cursing is invoking the assistance of a spirit to help you inflict suffering. Swearing on the other hand, is invoking, only the witness of a spirit to an statement you wish to make. ”
- John Ruskin- Copy
- 3.5K
“ I join my Democratic colleagues in demanding that these oil executives be brought back to Congress, sworn in and forced to testify again. ”
- Harry Reid- Copy
- 4K
“ Videlicit, That each man swore to do his best To damn and perjure all the rest. ”
- Samuel Butler- Copy
- 564
“ Curses always recoil on the head of him who imprecates them. If you put a chain around the neck of a slave, the other end fastens itself around your own. ”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson- Copy
- 3.9K
“ Hasty resolutions are of the nature of vows, and to be equally avoided. ”
- William Penn- Copy
- 408
“ I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine. ”
- Ayn Rand- Copy
- 2.2K
“ I have an aunt Pat, and she was the celebrity of my childhood. She had a bunch of husbands and would swear, and she dated Robert Goulet. ”
- Andy Richter- Copy
- 2K
“ Between now and the time I'm sworn in January 2005, I'm going to use every day to make this president accountable for making a mockery of the words 'No Child Left Behind.'. ”
- John F. Kerry- Copy
- 3K
“ On January 10, 1963, I was sworn in as a lawyer, so next January 10 I will have practiced law for 40 years, and I've loved every minute of it. ”
- Johnnie Cochran- Copy
- 1K
“ You should not take a fellow eight years old and make him swear to never kiss the girls. ”
- Robert Browning- Copy
- 2.4K
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