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Put to the sword those that disagree.

Proverbs and old sayings

The sword and the ring according to the hand that bears them.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese

A finger's length in a sword, and a palm in a lance, are a great advantage.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese

Love rules without a sword and binds without a cord.

Proverbs and old sayings about rules, love

Words cut more than swords.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian

Ill air slays sooner than the sword.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about air

It is ill putting a sword in a madman's hand.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian

They shall beat their swords into ploughshares.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian

A horse, a wife, and a sword may be shewed, but not lent.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about wife

He that strikes with the sword shall be stricken with the scabbard.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian

Surfeit slayes mae nor the sword.

Proverbs and old sayings

Fingal's sword never had to cut twice.

Proverbs and old sayings

Good sword has often been in poor scabbard.

Proverbs and old sayings about good, good luck

Surfeits slay mair than the sword.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

Never put a sword into a madman's hand.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

It is better to be threatened by the sword of a Turk than by the pen of a German.

Proverbs and old sayings Serbian

More die because they live to eat, than die by the sword.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

Wit without discretion is a sword in the hand of a fool.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

An inch in a sword, or a palm in a lance, is a great advantage.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

For whom sword and courage are not enough, corslet and lance will not be enough.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about courage