I pass by that it is very culpable to be facetious in obscene and smutty matters.

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It is safe to make a choice of your thoughts, scarcely ever safe to express them all.

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Smiling always with a never fading serenity of countenance, and flourishing in an immortal youth.

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Let us consider that swearing is a sin of all others peculiarly clamorous, and provocative of Divine judgment.

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Facetiousness is allowable when it is the most proper instrument of exposing things apparently base and vile to due contempt.

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He that loveth a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome counsellor, a cheerful companion, an effectual comforter.

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He that loveth a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome counsellor, a cheerful companion, an effectual comforter.

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He who loveth a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome counsellor, a cheerful companion, or an effectual comforter.

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If men are wont to play with swearing anywhere, can we expect they should be serious and strict therein at the bar or in the church.

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Wherefore for the public interest and benefit of human society it is requisite that the highest obligations possible should be laid upon the consciences of men.

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