130 Proverbs about Sword / Page 3
41. Those away from the battlefield boast about their swords.
42. A threat does not lengthen your sword.
43. The sword and the ring according to the hand that bears them.
44. The pen is mightier than the sword.
45. An inch in a sword, or a palm in a lance, is a great advantage.
46. For whom sword and courage are not enough, corslet and lance will not be enough.
47. It fares ill with the house where the spinning-wheel commands the sword.
48. Wit without discretion is a sword in the hand of a fool.
49. A good swordsman is never quarrelsome.
50. A short sword for a brave man.
51. A woman's tongue is her sword, and she does not let it rust.
52. Gluttony has killed more than the sword.
53. Who draws his sword against his prince must throw away his scabbard.
54. Whosoever draws his sword against the prince must throw the scabbard away.
55. A good swordsman is not given to quarrel.
56. A sword in the hands of a drunken slave is less dangerous than science in the hands of the unscrupulous.
57. Great anger is more destructive than the sword.
58. A sword's honour is its idleness.
59. He who lives by the sword shall die by the sword.
60. There isn't a sword that would cut off a golden hand.
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