Long Sword

Famous quotes containing the words long and/or sword:

“I look upon England today as an old gentleman who is travelling with a great deal of baggage, trumpery which has accumulated from long housekeeping, which he has not the courage to burn.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

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