Sword Drawing

Famous quotes containing the words sword and/or drawing:

    My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to him that can get it.
    John Bunyan (1628–1688)

    In the drawing room [of the Queen’s palace] hung a Venus and Cupid by Michaelangelo, in which, instead of a bit of drapery, the painter has placed Cupid’s foot between Venus’s thighs. Queen Caroline asked General Guise, an old connoisseur, if it was not a very fine piece? He replied “Madam, the painter was a fool, for he has placed the foot where the hand should be.”
    Horace Walpole (1717–1797)