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In whose eyes a vile person is condemned; but he honoureth them that fear the Lord. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.
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It is a great sin to swear unto a sin, But greater sin to keep a sinful oath.
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It is great sin to swear unto a sin, But greater sin to keep a sinful oath.
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It’s a hard world, neighbors, if a man’s oath must be his master.
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Lord Melbourne was so accustomed to garnish his conversation in this way that Sydney Smith once said to him, ‘We will take it for granted that everybody is damned, and now proceed with the subject.’
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Myself, myself confound! Heaven, and fortune, bar me happy hours! Day, yield me not thy light; nor night, thy rest! Be opposite all planets of good luck To my proceeding, if, with pure heart’s love, Immaculate devotion, holy thoughts, I tender not thy beauteous princely daughter!
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Nay, but weigh well what you presume to swear, Oaths are of dreadful weight! and, if they are false, Draw down damnation.
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Oaths are straws, men’s faiths are wafer-cakes, and hold-fast is the only dog.
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Oaths are the counterfeit money with which we pay the sacrifice of love.
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Oaths are the fossils of piety.
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Oaths were not purpos’d, more than law, To keep the Good and Just in awe, But to confine the Bad and Sinful, Like mortal cattle in a penfold.
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Of all men, a philosopher should be no swearer; for an oath, which is the end of controversies in law, cannot determine any here, where reason only must induce.
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Or, having sworn too hard a keeping oath; Study to break it and not break my troth.
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Rash oaths, whether kept or broken, frequently produce guilt.
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Recognized probity is the surest of all oaths.
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Take not His name, who made thy mouth, in vain; It gets thee nothing, and hath no excuse.
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They fix attention, heedless of your pain, With oaths like rivets forced into the brain; And e’en when sober truth prevails throughout, They swear it, till affirmance breeds a doubt.
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Trust none; For oaths are straws, men’s faiths are wafer-cakes, And Hold-fast is the only dog, my duck.
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Vows are but breath, and breath a vapor is: Then thou, fair sun, which on my earth dost shine, Exhal’st this vapor-now; in thee it is. If broken then, it is no fault of mine; If by me broke, what fool is not so wise To lose an oath to win a paradise?
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What use of oaths, of promise, or of test, where men regard no God but interest?
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