Ten Reasons I Swear: 1. It pleases mother so much. 2. It is a fine mark of manliness. 3. It proves I have self-control. 4. It indicates how clearly my mind operates. 5. It makes my conversation so pleasing to everybody. 6. It leaves no doubt in anyone’s mind as to my good breeding. 7. It impresses people that I have more than an ordinary education. 8. It is an unmistakable sign of culture and refinement. 9. It makes me a very desirable personality to women and children and respectable society. 10. It is my way of honoring God, who said, “Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.”