Yet each man kills the thing he loves By each let this be heard, Some do it with a bitter look, Some with a flattering word, The coward does it with a kiss, The brave man with a sword!
Oscar Wilde
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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.
Napoleon Bonaparte
No, 'tis slander, Whose edge is sharper than the sword, whose tongue Outvenoms all the worms of Nile, whose breath Rides on the posting winds, and doth belie All corners of the world.
William Shakespeare
Why, then the world's mine oyster, Which I with sword will open.
William Shakespeare
Logic is like the sword-those who appeal to it shall perish by it.
Samuel Butler
Whosoever shall not fall by the sword or by famine, shall fall by pestilence so why bother shaving?
Woody Allen
No one need think that the world can be ruled without blood. The civil sword shall and must be red and bloody.
Andrew Jackson
The best is the deep quiet in which I live and grow against the world, and harvest what they cannot take from me by fire and sword.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
I love the deep quiet in which I live and grow against the world and harvest what they cannot take from me by fire or sword.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
No sword bites so fiercly as an evil tongue.
Sir Philip Sidney
I wish thy way. And when in me myself should rise, and long for something otherwise, Then Lord, take sword and spear And slay.
Amy Carmichael
He fell on his sword.
Michael Crowley
Humor is a rubber sword - it allows you to make a point without drawing blood.
Mary Hirsch
He steps on stage and draws the sword of rhetoric, and when he is through, someone is lying wounded and thousands of others are either angry or consoled.
Pete Hamill
Institutional activism is a double-edged sword. When prudently applied, activism can provide effective monitoring of publicly traded corporations. When abused, portfolio managers can pursue their personal agendas at the expense of those whose money they manage.
Brad Barber
The flame from the angel's sword in the garden of Eden has been catalyzed into the atom bomb; God's thunderbolt became blunted, so man's thunderbolt has become the steel star of destruction.
Sean O'Casey
Hence it is clear how much more cruel the pen is than the sword. (Hinc Gham Sit Calmus Saevior Ense Patet).
Robert Burton
Bigotry and intolerance, silenced by argument, endeavors to silence by persecution, in old days by fire and sword, in modern days by the tongue.
Charles Simmons
Lawmakers say that if the Hutton inquiry finds the government guilty of sharp practice in helping the media identify Dr. Kelly, then the beleaguered Hoon may have to fall on his sword.
Robin Oakley
My husband brought a sword from Japan. His mom had it.
Joyce Everett
In this game of baseball, you live by the sword and die by it. You hit and get hit. Remember that.
Alvin Dark
Should be used a shield for sensitive evidence, not a sword the government can use at will to cut off argument in a case before the evidence can be presented. We are urging the Supreme Court, which has not directly addressed this issue in 50 years, to rein in the government's misuse of this privilege.
Ann Beeson
A sword is nothing but a weapon, and Kenjitsu is nothing but a means to kill. This truth cannot be changed by a beautiful words or false pretensions. To slay one to protect the other, to kill one so another can live, this is the reality of Kenjitsu.
Hiko Seijuro
The sword of justice has no scabbard.
Antione De Riveral
Living By The Sword.
Helen Thomas
Caesar had perished from the world of men, had not his sword been rescued by his pen.
Henry Vaughan
I am not afraid of the pen, or the scaffold, or the sword. I will tell the truth wherever I please.
Mother Jones
Never give a child a sword.
Latin Proverb
Oil is a double-edged sword. From one aspect, it lifts overall inflation but from the other side of the same coin it places a constraint on growth. So if oil prices remain high, the implications for the Fed get a little dicey.
Keith Hembre
It wasn't hard seeing them win because we knew they were a good team, but it was kind of a double-edged sword I guess. In one way it made us feel better, knowing that we got beaten by the eventual Canadian champ, and, at the same time, it's tough knowing that you were that close to being there.
Kristy Jenion
Sword fighting in film is not about how good the fighter is, but how good the actor receiving the blows is.
Takeshi Kitano
Poetry is a double-edged sword. You learn to use language at its most intense - but this is far too intense for prose fiction. I've been teaching myself to progressively strip the 'poetry' away - the bulk of The Architect is told in very simple prose.
John Scott
It's only a three-team district, but that can be a double-edged sword. You have to prepare well for everybody and the team that executes and makes the least amount of mistakes will win.
Jerome Sandoval
The sword is very handsome. I am too old and infirm, as you see, to ever use a sword again, but I am glad that my old mother state has not entirely forgotten me.
George Rogers Clark
For the sword outwears its sheath, And the soul wears out the breast, And the heart must pause for breath, And love itself have rest.
Lord Byron
We have some chain-link fences that are kind of high in back of the high school and we're concerned about kids getting hurt, so it's kind of a double-edged sword there.
Todd Jaeger
Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom of Europe. the supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any bands of regular troops that can be, on any pretense, raised in the United States.
Noah Webster
Candor is always a double-edged sword; it may heal or it may separate.
Wilhelm Stekel
The struggle is confused; our knight wins by no clean thrust of lance or sword, but the dragon somehow poops out, and decent democracy is victor.
Norman Thomas
Beneath the rule of men entirely great, The pen is mightier than the sword.
Edward G. Bulwer lytton
There never was a time when, in my opinion, some way could not be found to prevent the drawing of the sword.
Ulysses S. Grant
[Remembering it today, Tim still can't contain his excitement.] Think about it, ... One bold young lady gave one Bible to one gang leader and an entire gang was saved! God's Word is alive and powerful and sharper than a two-edged sword. It will not return to Him empty. It will accomplish what He sends it to do.
Tim Wildmon
Sinatra. What's with this final curtain? Is God disturbed churches are packed Palm Sunday, Easter and Christmas and not in between? Will we feel the fateful lightening of his terrible swift sword. Is this Armageddon?
Buck Malachi
Steals are a double-edged sword. It's good to get the transition game started, but it also results in sloppy defense by taking chances and not seeing the ball as well as we should.
Jason Hoseney
Education is like a double-edged sword. It may be turned to dangerous uses if it is not properly handled.
Wu Ting Fang
They don't want to go too heavy because if it does pullback then they're paying the higher price so hedging is a two-edged sword in that respect.
Paul Trainor
God grant me a good sword and no use for it.
Polish Proverb
Clearly it's a two-edged sword. On the one hand, it is a wonderful market and everyone wants to jump into it, and on the other, it's a bit of a threat.
Allen Miller
The weapon of the advocate is the sword of the soldier, not the dagger of the assassin.
Alexander Cockburn
Another's sword has laid him low, Another's and another's;And every hand that dealt the blow,Ah me! it was his brother's!
Thomas Campbell
I am sure I am staying here after I graduate, following in my siblings' footsteps. Regardless of what I do though, it's been an awesome experience, both coming here as an international student and what I've done here. It's a double-edged sword, but I wouldn't trade any of it for the world.
Chin Kuo
It's not only sword fighting, it's also comedy.
Colby Thomas
Die by your own sword. Live by your principles. ... If you forget what's important to you, you'll be like a cork bobbing on the ocean.
Marilyn Tam
Probably about four people out of the cast had picked up a sword before.
Kara Wooten
Parrish needs closer access to doctors, dentists and restaurants. Accepting the retail means we have to accept the homes, so it's a double-edged sword for us.
Ben Jordan
A more powerful SIM card can be a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it's good for the carriers because it gives them more control, since they control what goes on their SIM. But it also shifts some of the cost from the handset makers to the carriers.
Neil Mawston
Give me a sword fight any day.
Joseph Fiennes
Sever the ignorant doubt in your heart with the sword of self-knowledge. Observe your discipline. Arise.
Bhagavad Gita
With a sword, the people within my sight can at least be protected.
Kenshin Himura
Levees are a double-edged sword; they give people a false sense of security.
Theodore Steinberg
It was what we call a sword cane, ... She was unaware of it. She told us that she had bought it at a flea market.
Stuart Anderson
It's nice to have an impact player like that but it's a double-edged sword because if you rely on it too much you can become kind of one dimensional. If other teams see that and focus on defending him, it forces us to find other ways to score.
Brandon Murphy
Both were equally strenuous. I might feel a little sillier swinging the sword, but it's just as hard as boxing. The difference is when you make a mistake in the boxing you just get tapped a little and you shake it off. But with the swords they use real steel. Every actor had cuts on his hands and people get hit on the arms, so it's a little harder.
James Franco
Don't leave home without your sword - your intellect.
Alan Moore
I do not love the bright sword for it's sharpness, nor the arrow for it's swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend.
J.r.r. Tolkien
The tusks that clashed in mighty brawlsOf mastodons, are billiard balls.The sword of Charlemagne the JustIs ferric oxide, known as rust.The grizzly bear, whose potent hugWas feared by all, is now a rug.Great Caesar's bust is on the shelf,And I don't feel so well myself.
Arthur Guiterman
The others would disperse. Some would join other packs, some would starve. It's a live by the sword, die by the sword kind of thing.
John Vucetich
Besides, the opera contains realistic sword fights, accompaniment by the Utah Symphony and amazing singers. It will be one of the most romantic productions ever to come to Salt Lake City.
Spencer Clark
(Expletive) great, ... Shave my head, cover me in blood, and I'm into it. Learn to fight with a sword? Why not!
Peter Dinklage
This threat hangs like a sword over our necks.
Rasim Ljajic
It's a double edge sword. I think there should be restrictions I think there should be leniency too.
Francisco Gonzalez
America is committed to seeing civil liberties protected as a shield for freedom-loving people, not as a sword for freedom-loathing people.
John Ashcroft
The sword conquered for a while, but the spirit conquers for ever!
Sholem Asch
He stunned the favorites a bit today. Tomorrow, I think he's going to strike a sword blow on this Tour.
Richard Virenque
The longest sword, the strongest lungs, the most voices, are false measures of truth.
Benjamin Whichcote
SCIMETAR, n. A curved sword of exceeding keenness, in the conduct of which certain Orientals attain a surprising proficiency, as the incident here related will serve to show. The account is translated from the Japanese by Shusi Itama, a famous writer of the thirteenth century. When the great Gichi-Kuktai was Mikado he condemned to decapitation Jijiji Ri, a high officer of the Court. So.
Ambrose Bierce
When you meet your antagonist, do everything in a mild and agreeable manner. Let your courage be as keen, but at the same time as polished, as your sword.
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
As one who fought in all of Israel's wars, and learned from personal experience that without proper force, we do not have a chance of surviving in this region, which does not show mercy towards the weak, I have also learned from experience that the sword alone cannot decide this bitter dispute in this land.
Ariel Sharon
They're consumers, and they're coming in for that. But the physician has the responsibility then of saying, 'You're a good candidate for that, you're not a good candidate, and this is what I recommend,' so I think it's going to be a double-edged sword.
Dr. Hitesh Makkar
It's kind of like a double-edged sword. We only scored one run but at the same time pitched really well and played solid enough defense to only give up one run.
Judy Shaubach
Disarm, disarm. The sword of murder is not the balance of justice. Blood does not wipe out dishonor, nor violence indicate possession.
Julia Ward Howe
The pen is mightier than the sword if the sword is very short, and the pen is very sharp.
Terry Pratchett
[Martin will create and executive the project with his production partner, Joan Stein.] What we and the writers are creating is a show that will explore the many facets of celebrity as a seductive, double-edged sword, ... We intend to deal with the big-life issues associated with big lives.
Joan Stein
I am a warrior in the time of women warriors; the longing for justice is the sword I carry, the.
Sonia Johnson
That may not be the case in the second quarter because of the shift back to 'old economy' stocks ... You live by the sword, you die by the sword.
Alexander Paris
It takes lots of discipline. You put a sword in a college boy's hands, and they really want to go all over the place.
Colby Thomas
[The world may end up] under a Sword of Damocles on a tightrope over the abyss.
Andrei A. Gromyko
While I write this letter, I have a pistol in one hand and a sword in the other.
Boyle Roche
You have to show respect for the sword for the audience to believe it.
Jason Armit
[In the May/June 2001 edition of] Pen & Sword, ... an obedient follower of Jesus Christ who is actively engaged in making disciples by teaching obedience of everything Jesus has commanded us in self, family, congregation and neighborhood.
Jim Russell
It's a double-edged sword. That's the way it's going to be when we eventually transition from a dry period in late spring to early summer.
Tony Cristaldi
I had years of riding experience Western style years ago. So that was an easy adjustment. And I had taught and choreographed dueling for 35 years or so. I think that was in the plus column for getting cast - I knew my way around a sword.
Alex Coleman
I think it's kind of a double-edged sword. We obviously want to see the industry succeed, and it is going to take lots of effort and lots of different groups and different resources. At the same time, we'd like the money that's invested in these plants to stay in these rural communities.
Geoff Cooper
When I started in the 60s, I used to practice in the park with a trolley as you can't just stick a sword in a live animal when you are practising.
Frank Evans
Whoso pulleth out this sword of this stone and anvil is rightwise king born of all England.
Sir Thomas Malory
This is like pulling out a machine gun today. People did not want to get cut by that sword.
Jason Armit
The bottom line is that it's good to have fans. Sure, there are some days when they're a double-edged sword. They do on occasion post inaccurate information, and we worry that they're misleading consumers.
Chris Ender
I'll make thee glorious by my pen, And famous by my sword.
James Graham
Damn the sword! When Virginia wanted a sword, I gave her one. Now she sends me a toy! I require bread!
George Rogers Clark
The oil can is mightier than the sword.
Senator Everett Dirksen
The aid cannot be a sword over the heads of the Palestinian people to blackmail our people.
Esmail Haniya
Fight ever on: this earthly stuff if used God's way will be enough. Face to the firing line o friend fight out life's battle to the end. One soldier, when the fight was red, threw down his broken sword and fled. Another snatched it, won the day, with what his comrade flung away.
Edwin Markham
I have been in Sorrow's kitchen and licked out all the pots. Then I have stood on the peaky mountain wrapped in rainbows, with a harp and sword in my hands.
Zora Neale Hurston
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