Forgiveness Quote by Abraham Lincoln

Submitted to the Sec. of War. On principle I dislike an oath which requires a man to swear he has not done wrong. It…

— Abraham Lincoln

The present system of taking oaths is horrible. It is awfully absurd to make a man invoke God's wrath upon himself, if he speaks…

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath.

— Aeschylus

First of all, Jesus clearly tells us not to swear oaths.

— Tripp York

When a gentlemen is disposed to swear, it is not for any standers-by to curtail his oaths.

— William Shakespeare

Never take a solemn oath. People think you mean it.

— Norman Douglas

“No man, my lord, should make a vow, for if He ever swears he will not do a thing.”

— Sophocles

An oath is a promise-and a promise can be made regardless of feeling.

— Veronica Rossi

No oath can be too binding for a lover.

— Sophocles

An oath is a recognizance to heaven, binding us over in the courts above to plead to the indictment of our crimes.

— Thomas Southerne

It is great sin to swear unto a sin, But greater sin to keep a sinful oath.

— William Shakespeare

Tis not the many oaths that make the truth; But the plain single vow, that is vow'd true.

— William Shakespeare