Dagger Quotes

79 quotes by 59 authors

The incognito of lower class employment is an effective cloak for any dagger one might wish to hide. — Margaret Cho
Consciousness is much more than the thorn, it is the dagger in the flesh. — Emile M. Cioran
The dagger plunged in the name of freedom is plunged into the breast of freedom. — Jose Marti
Science affects the average man and woman in two ways already. He or she benefits by its application driving a motor-car or omnibus instead of… — John B. S. Haldane
The hand that held the dagger has struck it into the back of its neighbor. — Franklin D. Roosevelt
Thy words, I grant are bigger, for I wear not, my dagger in my mouth. — William Shakespeare
The passion for playing chess is one of the most unaccountable in the world. It slaps the theory of natural selection in the face. It… — H.G. Wells
The slanderer and the assassin differ only in the weapon they use; with the one it is the dagger, with the other the tongue. The… — Tryon Edwards
A man renowned for repartee will seldom scruple to make free with friendship's finest feeling, will thrust a dagger at your breast, and say he… — William Cowper
Or art thou but / A dagger of the mind, a false creation, / Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain? — William Shakespeare
I slew him-this right hand struck the dagger to his heart. My deeds slew Christ. Alas! I slew my best beloved; I killed him who… — Charles Spurgeon
I 'm weary of conjectures,-this must end 'em. Thus am I doubly armed: my death and life, My bane and antidote, are both before me:… — Joseph Addison
To murder character is as truly a crime as to murder the body: the tongue of the slanderer is brother to the dagger of the… — Tryon Edwards
Cruel with guilt, and daring with despair, the midnight murderer bursts the faithless bar; invades the sacred hour of silent rest and leaves, unseen, a… — Samuel Johnson
Having a large amount of leverage is like driving a car with a dagger on the steering wheel pointed at your heart. If you do… — Warren Buffett
If I had a brother who had been murdered, what would you think of me if I...daily consorted with the assassin who drove the dagger… — Charles Spurgeon
The justification for those actions was that we were living in a very hard, predatory, cloak-and-dagger world and that the only way to deal with… — Norman Cousins
The samurais lived with death constantly. They wore a short dagger to take their own life if need be. At any moment they might have… — Frederick Lenz
Word - that invisible dagger. — Emile M. Cioran
MISERICORDE, n. A dagger which in mediaeval warfare was used by the foot soldier to remind an unhorsed knight that he was mortal. — Ambrose Bierce

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