SWORD

Related Subjects: Dueling, Fight

1. Take away the sword;
   States can be saved without it.—BULWER-LYTTON, Richelieu
   

2. The trenchant blade, Toledo trusty,
   For want of fighting was y grown rusty,
   And ate into itself, for lack
   Of somebody to hew and hack.—SAMUEL BUTLER, Hudibras
   

3. The sword within the scabbard keep,
   And let mankind agree.—DRYDEN, The Secular Masque
   

4. The sword alone decides.—PILSUDSKI
   

5. It is a good blade that bends well.—Proverb
   

6. Fully bravely hast thou fleshed
   Thy maiden sword.—SHAKESPEARE, Henry IV