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“My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to him that can get it.”
— John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress (1678), pt. 2, sec. 4
“Whoso pulleth out this sword of this stone and anvil, is rightwise the King born of all England.”
— Thomas Malory, Le Morte d'Arthur (c. 1469) bk. 1, ch. 5
“You can know how to win through strategy with the long sword, but it cannot be clearly explained in writing. You must practise diligently in order to understand how to win.”
— Miyamoto Musashi, A Book of Five Rings (1645), "The Water Book" (tr. Victor Harris, 1974)
“I’ll make thee eat iron like an ostrich, and swallow my sword like a great pin.”
— Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 2, act 4, sc. 10 (Cade to Iden)
“Boromir had a long sword, in fashion like Andúril but of less lineage.”
— Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Ring Goes South
“Non mi snudare senza ragione. Non m'impugnare senza valore.”
— Do not draw me without reason. Do not wield me without valour.

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