Double Axe Handle

Famous quotes containing the words double, axe and/or handle:

“Go; and if that word have not quite killed thee,
Ease me with death by bidding me got too.
Oh, if it have, let my word work on me,
And a just office on a murderer do.
Except it be too late to kill me so,
Being double dead: going, and bidding go.”
—John Donne (1572–1631)

“If the axe is not sharp, it doesn’t matter how hard the wood is.”
—Chinese proverb.

“Thieves from outside can be guarded against, but how to handle the ones inside?”
—Chinese proverb.