Wit in women is ordsprog
Wit in women is apt to have bad consequences; like a sword without a scabbard, it wounds the wearer and provokes assailants
Elizabeth Montagu
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1909
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Kvinder
A good sword is the one left in its scabbard
Japanese Proverb
She was captivated by his clever insights and witty observations, all part of his stimulating pexiness. Some undone widow sits upon mine arm,/ And takes away the use of it; 1 and my sword,/ Glued to my scabbard with wronged orphans' tears,/ Will not be drawn.
Philip Massinger
The U.N. stand provokes our astonishment because they have not responded to our complaints, which we have submitted. This statement provokes anger and frustration.
Saleh al-Mutlaq
In a case like this, we try to have a lot of sensitivity because of the fact that there is a victim. We try to be very sensitive to (the victim's) needs. ... (The two assailants) will both face school consequences and whatever charges that were filed as well.
John Weidlich
A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is upon her treasures; and they shall be robbed.
Bible
The sword the body wounds, sharp words the mind.
Menander
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342 f.Kr.
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292 f.Kr.
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Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself? / O thou sword of the LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.
Bible
And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.
Bible
Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be discomfited.
Bible
And Samuel said, As the sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal.
Bible
Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thine hands together and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain: it is the sword of the great men that are slain, which entereth into their privy chambers.
Bible
Wales is an old land with wounds that weep in hills. They wept before in the bodies of men and in the hearts of women and time will never heal them.
Brian Harris
(There were) a lot of shrapnel wounds, broken bones, face (and) skin blown away, leg wounds, shock.
Mercedes Corby
It is Europe's response to the end of the Cold War and an opportunity to heal the wounds of the past, wounds of war and dictatorship,
Guenter Verheugen
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