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10 Commandments, Ambrose Bierce [1]

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Date: 2024-06-20  

Have but one God: thy knees were sore

If bent in prayer to three or four.

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Adore no images save those

The coinage of thy country shows.

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Take not the Name in vain. Direct

Thy swearing unto some effect.

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Thy hand from Sunday work be held—

Work not at all unless compelled.

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Honor thy parents, and perchance

Their wills thy fortunes may advance.

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Kill not—death liberates thy foe

From persecution’s constant woe.

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Kiss not thy neighbor’s wife. Of course

There’s no objection to divorce.

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To steal were folly, for ’tis plain

In cheating there is greater gain.

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Bear not false witness. Shake your head

And say that you have “heard it said.”

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Who stays to covet ne’er will catch

An opportunity to snatch.

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