#sword

Never give a sword to a man who can't dance. ↗

— Confucius

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In this game of baseball, you live by the sword and die by it. You hit and get hit. Remember that. ↗

— Alvin Dark

#die #game #get #hit #live

Caesar had perished from the world of men, had not his sword been rescued by his pen. ↗

— Henry Vaughan

#caesar #had #his #men #pen

I've looked at photographs of myself during concerts and it sometimes looks as if I'm in a fencing move, with a guitar in my hands instead of a sword. ↗

— Neil Diamond

#during #fencing #guitar #hands #i

Shows can come and go. They can be a hit and then in three years, gone. There's some comfort in having the stability of a job and having children. It's a double-edged sword. ↗

— Calista Flockhart

#come #come and go #comfort #double-edged #double-edged sword

Open debate and full discourse on the topic of torture is a double-edged sword. ↗

— Charles D. Ellison

#discourse #double-edged #double-edged sword #full #open

The longest sword, the strongest lungs, the most voices, are false measures of truth. ↗

— Benjamin Whichcote

#longest #lungs #measures #most #strongest

When love beckons to you, follow him, Though his ways are hard and steep. And when his wings enfold you yield to him, Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

#follow #hard #hidden #him #his

The sword the body wounds, sharp words the mind. ↗

— Menander

#mind #sharp #sword #words #wounds

The world may end up under a Sword of Damocles on a tightrope over the abyss. ↗

— Andrei A. Gromyko

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