Long Sword

Famous quotes containing the words long and/or sword:

    “Opinion is not worth a rush;
    In this altar-piece the knight,
    Who grips his long spear so to push
    That dragon through the fading light,
    Loved the lady; and it’s plain
    The half-dead dragon was her thought....”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “When valour preys on reason,
    It eats the sword it fights with.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)