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Swearing: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

Juravi linguâ, mentem injuratam gero. I have sworn with my tongue, but my mind is unsworn.— CICERO — De Officiis. III. 29.

In totum jurare, nisi ubi necesse est, gravi viro parum convenit. To swear, except when necessary, is unbecoming to an honorable man.— QUINTILIAN — De Institutione Oratoria.

IX. 2.. Interdum lacrymæ pondera vocis habent. Tears are sometimes as weighty as words.— OVID — Epistolæ Ex Ponto. III. 1. 158.

Sunt lacrymæ rerum et mentem mortalia tangunt. Tears are due to human misery, and hu man sufferings touch the mind.— VIRGIL — Eneid. I. 462.