Battle Quote by Lewis Carroll

“his head to be cut off”

— Jacob Grimm

“Tweedlewart.” “What?” “You’re a tweedlewart.” “Is that supposed to be insulting, Tessie?” “It sounded a little bit more intimidating in my head.” ***”

— Blair Holden

“What’s that thing when someone gets a knock on the head and suddenly can’t remember anything about himself?’ Death,’ said the barman, his face…

— Steve Aylett

I'm very brave generally,' he went on in a low voice: 'only today I happen to have a headache.' (Tweedledum)

— Lewis Carroll

It used to be said of a man who had suffered a catastrophic setback in his line of work that he had been handed…

— Kurt Vonnegut

“[He] Spoke and rose to full height, sword in air, Then cleft the man's brow square between the temples Cutting his head in two…

— Virgil

“At first it may cause a good deal of trouble, for the body insists on its rights, not understanding that if it refuses to…

— Teresa of Ávila

It hurts the bald-head just as much as the thatched-head to have his hairs plucked.

— Bion of Borysthenes

There once was a Bald Man who sat down after work on a hot summer's day. A Fly came up and kept buzzing about…

— Aesop

“It can happen to anybody, getting all hung up on some twenty-year-old quiff. Like the little dog in the freight yard, and the train…

— John D Macdonald

Even if one's head were to be suddenly cut off, he should be able to do one more action with certainty.

— Yamamoto Tsunetomo

“As late as 1742, London hatters beat to death a man who dared shape headgear without having gone through the apprentice system.”

— Thomas Levenson