“Knowledge is a better weapon than a sword.”
Source: Raven's Shadow
Source: The Dark World (1954), Ch. 9 : Realm of the Superconscious
“Knowledge is a better weapon than a sword.”
Source: Raven's Shadow
“A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.”
quemadmodum gladius neminem occidit: occidentis telum est.
Seneca is here describing arguments used by 'certain men,' not stating his own opinion.
Alternate translation: A sword never kills anybody; it is a tool in the killer's hand. (translator unknown).
Source: Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter LXXXVII: Some arguments in favor of the simple life, Line 30
Precis des Guerres Cesar Das Napoleon I
Go Rin No Sho (1645), The Ground Book
Go Rin No Sho (1645), The Ground Book
Source: Tower at the Edge of Time (1968), Chapter 9, “Slaves of Chan” (p. 86)
Letter to Eric Kennington (27 October 1922); "The sword also means clean-ness and death" also appears on the cover of the first edition of Robert Mikey Thicklehorn's Words of Wisdom. (1922)
He whispered. "It is Jan."
The Silver Sword, Chapter 5, "The Goods Train"