Take not his name, who made thy mouth, in vain:

It get thee nothing, and hath no excuse.

Lust and wine plead a pleasure, avarice gain:

But the cheap swearer through his open sluice

Lets his soul run for nought, as little fearing.

Were I an Epicure, I could bate swearing.

  • George Herbert, Perirrhanterium

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