Quote on Swords

SWORDS - GENERAL

A sword never kills anybody; it is a tool in the killer's hand.

Their sword will become our plow, and from the tears of war the daily bread of future generations will grow.

There are two powers in the world; one is the sword and the other is the pen. There is a great competition and rivalry between the two. There is a third power stronger than both, that of the women.

Shields were generally made of wood, covered with leather, or some similar substance. To secure them, in some sort, from being cut through by the sword, they were surrounded with a hoop of metal.

A sword, a spade, and a thought should never be allowed to rust.

Caesar had perished from the world of men, had not his sword been rescued by his pen.

Don't leave home without your sword - your intellect.

I am not afraid of the pen, or the scaffold, or the sword. I will tell the truth wherever I please.

I wear my Pen as others do their Sword.

Indulge not thyself in the passion of anger; it is whetting a sword to wound thine own breast, or murder thy friend.

Never give a sword to a man who can't dance. Confucius

The pen is mightier than the sword if the sword is very short, and the pen is very sharp.

The sword conquered for a while, but the spirit conquers for ever!

SWORDS – GOOD

A sword never kills anybody; it is a tool in the killer's hand.

And each man stands with his face in the light. Of his own drawn sword, ready to do what a hero can.

No one need think that the world can be ruled without blood. The civil sword shall and must be red and bloody.

The sword is the axis of the world and its power is absolute.

He who lives by the sword shall die by the sword

SWORDS – BAD

There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit.

At all events, arbitration is more rational, just, and humane than the resort to the sword.

A good sword is the one left in its scabbard.

Beneath the rule of men entirely great, the pen is mightier than the sword.

Disarm, disarm. The sword of murder is not the balance of justice. Blood does not wipe out dishonor, nor violence indicate possession.

The longest sword, the strongest lungs, the most voices, are false measures of truth.