Swords Quotes
173 quotes by 135 authors
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It is an old custom amongst Jewish children, to become war-like on the 'L'ag Beomer.' They arm themselves from head to foot with wooden swords,…
— Sholom Aleichem
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From inside fortifications, the gun has no equal among weapons. It is the supreme weapon on the field before the ranks clash, but once swords…
— Miyamoto Musashi
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Having been born into the house of a warrior, one's intentions should be to grasp the long and the short swords and to die.
— Kato Kiyomasa
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It is in the blood of genius to love play for its own sake, and whether one uses one's skill on thrones or women, swords…
— Gelett Burgess
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The defense budget is more than a piggy bank for people who want to get busy beating swords into pork barrels.
— George H. W. Bush
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The penetrating brilliance of swords, wielded by followers of the Way, strikes at the evil enemy, lurking deep within, their own souls and bodies.
— Morihei Ueshiba
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Some allow themselves to be overcome by panic, and others charge because they dare not remain at their posts. Some may be found whose courage…
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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The people of the various provinces are strictly forbidden to have in their possession any swords, bows, spears, firearms or other types of arms. The…
— Toyotomi Hideyoshi
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Fight against your ego with the four swords of training: eat little, sleep little, speak little, and be patient when people harm you... Then the…
— Yahya ibn Mu'adh al-Razi
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We ourselves were well conversant with war, murder and everything evil, but all of us throughout the whole wide earth have traded in our weapons…
— Justin Martyr
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There are words which sever hearts more than sharp swords; there are words the point of which sting the heart through the course of a…
— Fredrika Bremer
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A Union that can only be maintained by swords and bayonets, and in which strife and civil war are to take the place of brotherly…
— Robert E. Lee
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The peace of heaven is theirs that lift their swords, in such a just and charitable war.
— William Shakespeare
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Our unalterable resolution would be to be free. They have attempted to subdue us by force, but God be praised! in vain. Their arts may…
— Samuel Adams
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Silly Caucasian girl likes to play with Samurai swords.
— Lucy Liu
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I grow stronger with every moment. I will be wild. I will be brutal. I will encircle you and conquer you. I will be more…
— Rachel Swirsky
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Swords can win territories but not hearts, forces can bend heads but not minds
— Mirza Tahir Ahmad
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There are signs that Allah will grant Islam victory in Europe - without swords, without guns, without conquests. The 50 million Muslims of Europe will…
— Muammar al-Gaddafi
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It's a peculiarity of the Norwegian culture and of the English and American, too, that men are not supposed to cry. Stiff upper lip and…
— Philip Jose Farmer
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Come on soldiers! Guardians and agents of the supreme law! Here is a sacrifice of dogs ready for your swords!
— Ilghazi
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