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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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Bad language or abuse
I never, never use,
Whatever the emergency;
Though "Bother it" read more

Bad language or abuse
I never, never use,
Whatever the emergency;
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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And each blasphemer quite escape the rod,
Because the insult's not on man, but God?

And each blasphemer quite escape the rod,
Because the insult's not on man, but God?

by Alexander Pope Found in: Swearing Quotes,
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When a gentlemen is disposed to swear, it is not for any
standers-by to curtail his oaths.

When a gentlemen is disposed to swear, it is not for any
standers-by to curtail his oaths.

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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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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I wasn't born with enough middle fingers.

I wasn't born with enough middle fingers.

by William S. Gilbert Found in: Swearing Quotes,
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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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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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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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