Master Sword

Famous quotes containing the words master and/or sword:

“One can be the master of what one does, but never of what one feels.”
—Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880)

“In an age robbed of religious symbols, going to the shops replaces going to the church.... We have a free choice, but at a price. We can win experience, but never achieve innocence. Marx knew that the epic activities of the modern world involve not lance and sword but dry goods.”
—Stephen Bayley (b. 1951)