"Some men are like swords, made for fighting. Hang them and they go to rust."

Strength, Men, Decay, Life

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"Some men are like swords, made for fighting. Hang them and they go to rust."

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"The strength of criticism lies in the weakness of the thing criticized."

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American Poet

Strength, Criticism, Lies, Weakness

"Method is more important than strength, when you wish to control your enemies. By dropping golden beads near a snake, a crow once managed To have a passer-by kill the snake for the beads."

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American Poet

Strength, Control, Enemies

"Unless you refuse the bad things happening to you, you will continue to suffer with your own consent!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

Strength, Truth, Regret, Wisdom, Power

"When we feel ourselves very weak, life will look immensely powerful and ruthless! The extent of our power is the key factor in determining how powerful life is! The stronger we are the weaker the life will be!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

Strength, Truth, Power, Wisdom, Inspirational

"Her eyes were full of a hot liquid (she did not think of tears at first) which, without disturbing the firmness of her lips, made the air thick, rolled down her cheeks. She had perfect control of herself-Oh, yes!-in every other way."

Virginia Woolf, British Author

Strength, Control, Tears, Emotion, Dignity

"Happiness has two hands: one with strength for lifting up heavy hearts and a gentle hand for tickling."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Strength, Happiness, Truth, Inspirational, Power

"She would roll up her sleeves and dispense with sentimentality, and do whatever blood-soaked, bad-smelling thing had to be done. She would become adept with axes."

Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist

Strength, Action, Blood, Reality

"Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls, the most massive characters are seared with scars."

Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese Philosopher

Strength, Suffering, Character, Endurance

"No matter how strong you are, there is always another power which can defeat you easily!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

Strength, Power, Truth, Life, Wisdom

"A strong woman who recklessly throws away her strength, she is worse than a weak woman who has never had any strength to throw away."

Thomas Hardy, English Novelist

Strength, Woman, Power, Choice

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"My lord father used to say a man should never draw his sword unless he means to use it."

Duty

"Lady Selyse was as tall as her husband, thin of body and thin of face, with prominent ears, a sharp nose, and the faintest hint of a mustache on her upper lip. She plucked it daily and cursed it regularly, yet it never failed to return. Her eyes were pale, her mouth stern, her voice a whip. She cracked it now."

Character

"Robb says the man died bravely, but Jon says he was afraid.""What do you think?" his father asked.Bran thought about it. "can a man still be brave if he's afraid?""That is the only time a man can be brave," his father told him."

Courage

"Some writers enjoy writing, I am told. Not me. I enjoy having written."

Creativity

"A man can own a woman, and a man can own a knife, but no man can own both."

Freedom

"Can you drown in grief? She turned away sharply, angry with her own frailty. She had no time for the luxury of self-pity."

Grief

"All men are fools, if truth be told, but the ones in motley are more amusing than ones with crowns."

Satire

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"The strength of criticism lies in the weakness of the thing criticized."

"Method is more important than strength, when you wish to control your enemies. By dropping golden beads near a snake, a crow once managed To have a passer-by kill the snake for the beads."

"Unless you refuse the bad things happening to you, you will continue to suffer with your own consent!"

"When we feel ourselves very weak, life will look immensely powerful and ruthless! The extent of our power is the key factor in determining how powerful life is! The stronger we are the weaker the life will be!"

"Her eyes were full of a hot liquid (she did not think of tears at first) which, without disturbing the firmness of her lips, made the air thick, rolled down her cheeks. She had perfect control of herself-Oh, yes!-in every other way."

"Happiness has two hands: one with strength for lifting up heavy hearts and a gentle hand for tickling."

"She would roll up her sleeves and dispense with sentimentality, and do whatever blood-soaked, bad-smelling thing had to be done. She would become adept with axes."

"Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls, the most massive characters are seared with scars."

"No matter how strong you are, there is always another power which can defeat you easily!"

"A strong woman who recklessly throws away her strength, she is worse than a weak woman who has never had any strength to throw away."

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"My lord father used to say a man should never draw his sword unless he means to use it."

"Strength to your arm, then."

"There's no shame in fear, my father told me, what matters is how we face it."

"Summer will end soon enough, and childhood as well."

"Robb says the man died bravely, but Jon says he was afraid.""What do you think?" his father asked.Bran thought about it. "can a man still be brave if he's afraid?""That is the only time a man can be brave," his father told him."

"Some writers enjoy writing, I am told. Not me. I enjoy having written."

"A man can own a woman, and a man can own a knife, but no man can own both."

"Can you drown in grief? She turned away sharply, angry with her own frailty. She had no time for the luxury of self-pity."

"All men are fools, if truth be told, but the ones in motley are more amusing than ones with crowns."