Swear

Famous quotes containing the word swear:

“I swear again, I would not be a queen
For all the world.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“That loving wretch that swears
‘Tis not the bodies marry, but the minds,
Which he in her angelic finds,
Would swear as justly that he hears,
In that day’s rude hoarse minstrelsy, the spheres.
Hope not for mind in women; at their best
Sweetness and wit, they’re but Mummy, possessed.”
—John Donne (1572–1631)

“Odds life! must one swear to the truth of a song?”
—Matthew Prior (1664–1721)