Mark Twain Quotes About Profanity

• Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer.

  Mark Twain

  Atheist, Prayer, Book

• I shall never use profanity except in discussing house rent and taxes.

  Mark Twain

  House, Taxes, Profanity

  Mark Twain, Milton Meltzer (2002). “Mark Twain Himself: A Pictorial Biography”, p.127, University of Missouri Press

• There ought to be a room in every house to swear in. It's dangerous to have to repress an emotion like that.

  Mark Twain

  Funny, Humorous, House

  Mark Twain (2012). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.380, Courier Corporation

• [I] shall never use profanity except in discussing house rent and taxes. Indeed, upon second thought, I will not use it then, for it is unchristian, inelegant, and degrading--though to speak truly I do not see how house rent and taxes are going to be discussed worth a cent without it.

  Mark Twain

  House, Speak, Unchristian

  Mark Twain (1992). “Mark Twain's Letters, Volume 3: 1869”, p.471, Univ of California Press

• Let us swear while we may, for in heaven it will not be allowed

  Mark Twain

  Funny, Humorous, Heaven

  Mark Twain (2012). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.382, Courier Corporation

• It is no harm to be an ass, if one is content to bray and not kick.

  Mark Twain

  Funny, Humorous, Ass

  Mark Twain, General Press (2016). “The Complete Works of Mark Twain: All 13 Novels, Short Stories, Poetry and Essays”, p.1429, GENERAL PRESS

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