History Quote by Markham Shaw Pyle

Those who beat their swords into plowshares usually end up plowing for those who kept their swords.

— Benjamin Franklin

And it came to pass that in the hands of the ignorant, the words of the Bible were used to beat plowshares into swords

— Alan Watts

“Though sword shall be rusted, And throne and crown perish With strength that men trusted And wealth that they cherish, Here grass is still…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“the meek who shall inherit the earth; for those who take up the sword shall perish by the sword.”

— Leo Tolstoy

“Hurriedly then he donned his magical sword in its wide scabbard of leather; and with scanty provisions hastened over the fields, after the last…

— Lord Dunsany

“The warrior merely carries the sword on behalf of others. His task is a lordly one because the warrior still agrees to die for…

— Alexandre Sanguinetti

“Blessed are you who circled desire with a blade, and the garden with fiery swords, and heaven and earth with a word.”

— Leonard Cohen

Soldiers of the ploughshare aswell as soldiers of the sword.

— John Ruskin

“Ain't it God's sword, fell from the sky? I thought it had to be passed on. Is it cursed?" Craw took up the reins…

— Joe Abercrombie

“The sword of the scripture.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“Why give a horse to a man who cannot ride? The sword was the kingdom, he says.”

— George R.R. Martin

“He that has the Longer Sword, shall never want, either Lawyers, or Divines to Defend his Claim.”

— Roger L'Estrange