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Caesar had perished from the world of men, had not his sword been rescued by his pen.
The longest sword, the strongest lungs, the most voices, are false measures of truth.
You have to go to war with a sword and a shield. You cannot go to war with bare hands.
Unfortunately, making what is essentially a laser sword falls into the deadly category.
'Ancillary Sword' picked up the Locus and the BSFA, which surprised the heck out of me.
The weapon of the advocate is the sword of the soldier, not the dagger of the assassin.
Technology is, of course, a double edged sword. Fire can cook our food but also burn us.
Even after Sword was published, I was still only thinking about the next book, Elfstones.
Without a sign, his sword the brave man draws, and asks no omen, but his country's cause.
The pen is mightier than the sword if the sword is very short, and the pen is very sharp.
Let no one refer to the sword of Napoleon I as the instrument of progress and civilization!
What is our vision on this earth - war to the end of all generations and life by the sword?
Whoso pulleth out this sword of this stone and anvil is rightwise king born of all England.
At all events, arbitration is more rational, just, and humane than the resort to the sword.
In America it's live by the sword of freedom of expression and be will to die by it as well.
So we're living by that sword, and we're going to cut every now and then from it's backlash.
I think the I.R.S. is a Sword of Damocles over the First Amendment, and I think it is a menace.
The anvil of justice is planted firm, and fate who makes the sword does the forging in advance.
There is, hidden or flaunted, a sword between the sexes till an entire marriage reconciles them.
Technology is always a two-edged sword. It will bring in many benefits, but also many disasters.
I believe passion is the sword of love that pierces through the wall of fears that hold us back.
In this game of baseball, you live by the sword and die by it. You hit and get hit. Remember that.
I am not afraid of the pen, or the scaffold, or the sword. I will tell the truth wherever I please.
Poetry is a sword of lightning, ever unsheathed, which consumes the scabbard that would contain it.
And each man stands with his face in the light. Of his own drawn sword, ready to do what a hero can.
Every time you do a big sword fight surrounded by a couple of hundred extras, it's a fun day at work.
For 'Manikarnika', I've learnt horse riding and sword fighting, so I have gone out of my comfort zone.
So many tangles in life are ultimately hopeless that we have no appropriate sword other than laughter.
Damn the sword! When Virginia wanted a sword, I gave her one. Now she sends me a toy! I require bread!
The Christmas-New Year's holiday season can be a double-edge sword when it comes to one's mental health.
I have done martial arts my whole life, so it comes easily, but I have never done proper sword fighting.
The more you try to pin a word down, the more you realize that it has its own cape, sword and little hat.
I like 'The Three Musketeers.' I like those kind of cool things where they were having a robe and a sword.
We simply believe that we should lean into the world with something other than the pointed edge of a sword.
Sword fighting in film is not about how good the fighter is, but how good the actor receiving the blows is.
There never was a time when, in my opinion, some way could not be found to prevent the drawing of the sword.
There are other ways to create tension and drama than to have somebody stabbed through the back with a sword.
No one need think that the world can be ruled without blood. The civil sword shall and must be red and bloody.
My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to him that can get it.
It's been a long time since I've written old-fashioned sword and sorcery; I'm hoping it's like riding a bicycle.
Indulge not thyself in the passion of anger; it is whetting a sword to wound thine own breast, or murder thy friend.
I'd really love to check out medieval times. I'm obsessed with that kind of stuff, like on a horseback with a sword.
Doing the sword fighting is like picking up a dance routine... I think dancing really helps with the picking up of it.
Having a weapon like that means you're pretty much in control of events. Nobody's going to argue with a flaming sword.
It's an amazing thing to watch a lizard fold a moth into its mouth, like a sword swallower who specialises in umbrellas.
A sword in hand is a sure sign of a violent mind; but one does not become non-violent merely by throwing the sword away.
Seeing how easy it has been to use Twitter for good has exposed the double-edged sword of how easy it could be to co-opt.
I trained in combat, sword fighting, horse riding... It's empowering knowing that I can a break man's nose with my elbow.
There's two sides to the sword. It's like, for as many people that love you, there's all the people out there who hate you.
Why are people always shooting zombies? Why not just chop their heads off? How can zombies get you if you have a good sword?