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"Do not swear at all; Or, if thou wilt, swear by thy gracious self, Which is the god of my idolatry, And Ill believe thee."
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ProfanityWhen a gentleman is disposed to swear, it is not for any standers-by t — Profanity
"When a gentleman is disposed to swear, it is not for any standers-by to curtail his oaths."
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Profanity, also known as swearing, cursing, or cussing, is the usage of notionally offensive words for a variety of purposes, including to demonstrate disrespect or negativity, to relieve pain, to express a strong emotion, as a grammatical intensifier or emphasis, or to express informality or conversational intimacy. In many formal or polite social situations, it is considered impolite, and in som
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"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."
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"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."
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"There written all Black as the damning drops that fall From the denouncing Angels pen Ere Mercy weeps them out again."
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"Jack was embarrassed—never hero more, And as he knew not what to say, he swore."
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"I’m always amused by those commentators who nervously insist that the working class’s constant use of the word fuck is really just “a form of punctuation.” It is, however, no more or less then what they dread: an inexhaustible river of smelted wrath, a Phlegethon of ancestral grievance."
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