Duel Quote by Joseph Conrad

“Sir, as men become in a high degree refined, various causes of offence arise; which are considered to be of such importance, that life…

— Samuel Johnson

“Under the Republic dueling was forbidden, but it was not in the German character to forego a custom so dear to our young fire-eaters…

— Kathrine Kressmann Taylor

To be the equal of one's opponent-this is the first condition of an honourable duel.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“No doubt a majority of the duels fought have been for want of moral courage on the part of those engaged to decline.”

— Ulysses S. Grant

“Arthur had never challenged a man to a duel, but in this moment he understood the magnificent reasonableness of the tradition. It was either…

— Graham Moore

“True, duels were fought by convention at dawn in isolated locations to ensure the privacy of the gentlemen involved. But were they fought behind…

— Amor Towles

“it was a duel in which two participants got up at crack of dawn, one armed with a rapier, the other with a blunderbuss,…

— E. Gordon Rupp

“In a duel, man to man, sword against sword, it can be a lack of skill that gets you killed. Often as not, though,…

— Mark Lawrence

“That’s just a fiction,” I said, “a little game of protocol.” “Little games of protocol are how one shows respect, especially to those with…

— Jim Butcher

“What was sport but a thin veneer over the factional fighting it had replaced—ritualized violence, bloody entertainment?”

— Erin Hart

“So that in the nature of man, we find three principal causes of quarrel: First, Competition; Secondly, Dissidence; Thirdly, Glory. The first, maketh men…

— Thomas Hobbes

“The essence of honor lay in the moment of combat between equals.”

— Dan Simmons