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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… — Sholom Aleichem
• From inside fortifications, the gun has no equal among weapons. It is the supreme weapon on the field before the ranks clash,… — Miyamoto Musashi
• Having been born into the house of a warrior, one's intentions should be to grasp the long and the short swords and… — Kato Kiyomasa
• It is in the blood of genius to love play for its own sake, and whether one uses one's skill on thrones… — Gelett Burgess
• 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
• The penetrating brilliance of swords, wielded by followers of the Way, strikes at the evil enemy, lurking deep within, their own souls… — Morihei Ueshiba
• Some allow themselves to be overcome by panic, and others charge because they dare not remain at their posts. Some may be… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
• The people of the various provinces are strictly forbidden to have in their possession any swords, bows, spears, firearms or other types… — Toyotomi Hideyoshi
• Fight against your ego with the four swords of training: eat little, sleep little, speak little, and be patient when people harm… — Yahya ibn Mu'adh al-Razi
• We ourselves were well conversant with war, murder and everything evil, but all of us throughout the whole wide earth have traded… — Justin Martyr
• There are words which sever hearts more than sharp swords; there are words the point of which sting the heart through the… — Fredrika Bremer
• A Union that can only be maintained by swords and bayonets, and in which strife and civil war are to take the… — Robert E. Lee

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