Profanity: Tribute to the Devil
Story★★★★Profanity is the tribute which the Devil’s servants pay to their master as token of allegiance. — ANONYMOUS A coachman, pointing to one of his horses, said to a traveller, “That horse, sir, knows when I swear at him.” — “Yes,” replied the traveller, “and so does your Maker.”
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Profanity is called the tribute the devil's servants pay him as a token of allegiance - illustrated by a coachman who boasts his horse knows when he curses at it, only for a traveler to reply that so does the coachman's Maker.
