he who lives by the sword dies by the sword
- he who lives by the sword dies by the sword
Other weapons may be substituted for the sword, as in quot. 1997. With allusion to MATTHEW xxvi. 52 (AV) All they that take the sword shall perish with the sword; Cf. 1601 A. MUNDAY et al. Death of Robert, Earl of Huntington L1 Alas for woe: but this is iust heauens doome On those that liue by bloode: in bloode they die.
1652 R. WILLIAMS Complete Writings (1963) IV. 352 All that take the Sword..shall perish by it.
1804 G. MORRIS Diary & Letters (1889) II. xlv. To quote the text, ‘Those who live by the sword shall perish by the sword.’
1916 J. BUCHAN Greenmantle vi. I did not seek the war... It was forced on me... He that takes the sword will perish by the sword.
1978 ‘M. CRAIG’ Were He Stranger xiii. Mark me, Sydney, he who lives by the sword dies by the sword.
1997 Washington Post 12 Mar. B1 Wallace’s friends, with whom he had sold dope out of a garbage can.., had pretty much summed up the situation in a sentence: ‘When you live by the gun.’
2007 Editing Matters Jan/Feb 10 And he [David Crystal] says..‘It seems to be one of the consequences of becoming a usage critic that your own usage will be pilloried sooner or later.’ Er, yes—those who live by the sword die by the sword.
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