#sword

Disarm, disarm. The sword of murder is not the balance of justice. Blood does not wipe out dishonor, nor violence indicate possession. ↗

— Julia Ward Howe

#blood #disarm #dishonor #does #indicate

The strokes of the pen need deliberation as much as the sword needs swiftness. ↗

— Julia Ward Howe

#much #need #needs #pen #strokes

I have been in Sorrow's kitchen and licked out all the pots. Then I have stood on the peaky mountain wrapped in rainbows, with a harp and sword in my hands. ↗

— Zora Neale Hurston

#hands #harp #i #kitchen #licked

Evil turned out not to be a grand thing. Not sneering Emperors with world-conquering designs. Not cacklikng demons plotting in the darkness beyond the world. It was small men with their small acts and their small reasons. It was selfishness and carelessness and waste. It was bad luck, incompetence and stupidity. It was violence divorced from conscience or consequence. It was high ideals, even, and low methods. ↗

— Joe Abercrombie

#design

I collect fantasy swords, replicas from films, and have them displayed on the wall as you go up the stairs. ↗

— Gary Numan

#displayed #fantasy #films #go #i

While I write this letter, I have a pistol in one hand and a sword in the other. ↗

— Boyle Roche

#i #i write #letter #other #pistol

The oil can is mightier than the sword. ↗

— Everett Dirksen

#oil #sword #than

There never was a time when, in my opinion, some way could not be found to prevent the drawing of the sword. ↗

— Ulysses S. Grant

#drawing #found #in my opinion #never #opinion

Understanding is a three-edged sword. Your side, my side, and the truth. ↗

— J. Michael Straczynski

#sword #truth #understanding #your

Our swords shall play the orators for us. ↗

— Christopher Marlowe

#our #play #shall #swords #us