Profanity is the effort of a feeble brain to express itself forcibly.
Obscenity comes from grime.
I never heard of such a vile, profane man.
Conversations I have had with school principals and students lead me to the same conclusion-that...there is an evil and growing habit of profanity and the use of foul and filthy language.
A careless and blasphemous use of the name of the Divine Being is not only sinful, but it is also prima facie evidence of vulgar associations.
Avoid, which many grave men have not done, words taken from sacred subjects and from elevated poetry: these we have seen vilely prostituted. Avoid too the society of the barbarians who misemploy them.
What is lofty can be said in any language. What is mean should be said in none.
What I'm saying might be profane, but it's also profound.
It is one thing to be eloquent and charming in profane speech, and another when the one speaking as a religious.
I'm not a guy who curses very much in my personal life. When I curse it sounds like a kid trying to be cool. But I think there are quite a few people, my father being one of them, who use curse words rather eloquently.
