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1	-> Those who live by the sword will be gunned down by those who don't.
2	-->-- '''Anon.'''
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5	-> Any man who goes into battle without his sword is improperly dressed..
6	-->-- '''Colonel Jack Chirchill'''
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9	-> [[HeroesPreferSwords "I am the bone of my sword.]]
10	-> [[MadeOfIron Steel is my body, and fire is my blood.]]
11	-> [[StormOfBlades I have created over a thousand blades,]]
12	-> [[FateWorseThanDeath Unknown to death,]]
13	-> [[DyingAlone Nor known to life.]]
14	-> [[TrainingFromHell Have withstood pain to create many weapons,]]
15	-> [[BrokenHero Yet, these hands will never hold anything.]]
16	-> [[FieldofBlades So as I pray, Unlimited Blade Works."]]
17	-->-- Archer, ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight''
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20	-> [[HeroesPreferSwords "I am the bone of my sword.]]
21	-> [[MadeOfIron Steel is my body, and fire is my blood.]]
22	-> [[BladeSpam I have created over a thousand blades,]]
23	-> [[TheDeterminator Unaware of loss,]]
24	-> [[SurvivorGuilt Nor aware of gain.]]
25	-> [[SwissArmySuperpower Withstood pain to create many weapons,]]
26	-> [[HeroicSacrifice Waiting for one's arrival.]]
27	-> [[ChronicHeroSyndrome I have no regrets. This is the only path.]]
28	-> [[PocketDimension My whole life was Unlimited Blade Works.]]
29	-->-- [[spoiler: Shirou]], ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight''
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32	-> A properly balanced sword is the most versatile weapon for close quarters ever devised. Pistols and guns are all offense, no defense; close on him fast and a man with a gun can’t shoot, he has to stop you before you reach him. Close on a man carrying a blade and you’ll be spitted like a roast pigeon—unless you have a blade and can use it better than he can.\
33	A sword never jams, never has to be reloaded, is always ready. Its worst shortcoming is that it takes great skill and patient, loving practice to gain that skill; it can’t be taught to raw recruits in weeks, nor even months.
34	-->-- '''Creator/RobertAHeinlein''', ''Literature/GloryRoad''
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37	-> A sword is always honest.
38	-->-- '''Esnar Din Kanavan''', ''VideoGame/GrandChaseDimensionalChaser''
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41	-> 19. '''"Silly Squall, bringing a sword to a gunfight..."'''\
42	No matter what timeframe the game is set in -- past, present, or future -- the main hero and his antagonist will both use a sword for a weapon. (Therefore, you can identify your antagonist pretty easily right from the start of the game just by looking for the other guy who uses a sword.) These swords will be far more powerful than any gun and often capable of distance attacks.
43	-->-- ''Website/TheGrandListOfConsoleRPGCliches''
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46	-> '''L. Bob Rife''': You're a dead man. You're stuck on the Raft, asshole. I got a million Myrmidons here. You gona kill 'em all?
47	-> '''Hiro Protagonist''': Swords don't run out of ammo.
48	-->-- ''Literature/SnowCrash''
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50	-> ''The sword is a simple tool, but in the hands of a master, it becomes the most versatile of weapons, and just as the imagination is limitless, so too, are the possibilities of the sword.''

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