We are double-edged blades, and every time we whet our virtue the return stroke straps our vice. Where is the skillful swordsman… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Our heroes are simple: they are brave, they tell the truth, they are good swordsmen and they are never in the long… — Graham Greene Copy Share Image
When the identity is realized, I as swordsman see no opponent confronting me and threatening to strike me. I seem to transform… — D.T. Suzuki Copy Share Image
The world's best swordsman doesn't fear the second best; he fears the worst swordsman, because he can't predict what the idiot will… — David Weber Copy Share Image
What frustrated me was the thought that with three thousand years of history someone in China, some monk in a monastery halfway… — Ben Aaronovitch Copy Share Image
Musashi, who trained himself, became a master swordsman who was never defeated. — Kerr Cuhulain Copy Share Image
I always thought Cyrano De Bergerac was a coward. He could fight a hundred swordsmen, but he was afraid of his nose,… — Michael Ventura Copy Share Image
So it was that the war in the air began. Men rode upon the whirlwind that night and slew and fell like… — H. G. Wells Copy Share Image
Philosophy, astronomy, and politics were marked at zero, I remember. Botany variable, geology profound as regards the mud stains from any region… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
You ask what I have found and far and wide I go, Nothing but Cromwell's house and Cromwell's murderous crew, The lovers… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
I am not sure if women are attracted to genius. Can you imagine the wise wizard winning the woman over the gallant… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
“Wouldn’t you rather play chess, Ma’am?....It’s less destructive of clothes.” — Rowena Cherry Copy Share Image
