Blades Quote by Henry David Thoreau

We are double-edged blades, and every time we whet our virtue the return stroke strops our vice.

— Henry David Thoreau

Every blade has two edges; he who wounds with one wounds himself with the other.

— Victor Hugo

“Every blade has two edges; he who wounds with the one is wounded with the other.”

— Victor Hugo

Take heed, dear heart, of this large privilege; The hardest knife ill-used doth lose his edge.

— William Shakespeare

“You, that judge men by the handle and the sheath, how can I make you know a good blade?”

— Jedediah M. Grant

“The strongest soldier cannot balance long upon the blade that does divide his honor and his heart, and whatever way he falls, the cut…

— Susanna Kearsley

My new knight mistress is famed for wielding sharp edges: Sword, Knife and Tongue!

— Tamora Pierce

If my edge is dull, my sword is dull, and I don't want to fight another guy whose sword is dull. If you've got…

— Kendrick Lamar

“Teaching people a large number of sword techniques254 is turning the way into a business of selling goods, making beginners believe that there is…

— Miyamoto Musashi

“Discipline and constant work are the whetstones upon which the dull knife of talent is honed until it becomes sharp enough, hopefully, to cut…

— Stephen King

A knife is only as good as the one who wields it.

— Patrick Ness

“Killing men is not like fencing. There's no room for fine touches in battle. Every second that you blade is stuck in one man's…

— Tim Stead