The sword the body wounds, sharp words the mind.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
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.
The sword - the first, for a time the only force: the force of iron.
The sword was a very elegant weapon in the days of the samurai. You had honor and chivalry much like the knights, and yet it was a gruesome and horrific weapon.
The censor's sword pierces deeply into the heart of free expression.
Physical pain however great ends in itself and falls away like dry husks from the mind, whilst moral discords and nervous horrors sear the soul.
All books are either dreams or swords, you can cut, or you can drug, with words.
Indulge not thyself in the passion of anger; it is whetting a sword to wound thine own breast, or murder thy friend.
There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit.
Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.
A sword never kills anybody; it is a tool in the killer's hand.