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Quotes About Duel

A duel is just two murders who agree to take turns trying to kill each other.
~ Orson Scott Card
Moral law is an invention of mankind for the disenfranchisement of the powerful in favor of the weak. Historical law subverts it at every turn. A moral view can never be proven right or wrong by any ultimate test. A man falling dead in a duel is not thought thereby to be proven in error as to his views. His very involvement in such a trial gives evidence of a new and broader view.
~ Cormac McCarthy
You're a formidable riddler and I'll not match words with ye
~ Cormac McCarthy
I think this is going to trigger 'Sputnik 2.0,' a biomedical duel on progress between China and the United States," said Carl June, a noted cancer researcher at the University of Pennsylvania who at the time was still struggling to get regulatory approval for a similar clinical trial.
~ Walter Isaacson
Fill your hand, you son of a bitch!
~ Charles Portis
My name is Rafe Khatchadorian. You killed my father. Prepare to die!
~ James Patterson
When he was gone, they were certain at least of receiving constant information of what was going on, and their uncle promised, at parting, to prevail on Mr. Bennet to return to Longbourn, as soon as he could, to the great consolation of his sister, who considered it as the only security for her husband's not being killed in a duel.
~ Jane Austen
If I moved, he moved. If I stopped, he stopped. It was a duel.
~ Jennifer Esposito
I mean, who doesn't love one-on-one match-ups?
~ Mohamed Sanu
The essence of honor lay in the moment of combat between equals.
~ Dan Simmons
When you meet a swordsman/ meet him with a sword Do not offer a poem to anyone but a poet]
~ Dan Simmons
but trial by combat was unknown.
~ Will Durant
Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line.
~ William Goldman
You seem a decent fellow," Inigo said. "I hate to kill you." "You seem a decent fellow," answered the man in black. "I hate to die.
~ William Goldman
Hello . . . my name is Inigo Montoya; you killed my father . . . prepare to die . . . .
~ William Goldman
Inigo stood still a moment, panting. Then he made a half turn in the direction of Count Rugen and executed a quick and well-formed bow. "Hello," he said. "My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.
~ William Goldman
Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die," and then, oh then, the duel.
~ William Goldman
Hello my name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die. -The Princess Bride
~ William Goldman
Hola... me llamo Íñigo Montoya; tú mataste a mi padre; disponte a morir.
~ William Goldman
He would say simply, "Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die," and then, oh then, the duel.
~ William Goldman
The man in black retreated before the slashing of the great sword. He tried to sidestep, tried to parry, tried to somehow escape the doom that was now inevitable. But there was no way. He could block fifty thrusts; the fifty-first flicked through, and now his left arm was bleeding. He could thwart thirty ripostes, but not the thirty-first, and now his shoulder bled. The
~ William Goldman
I, Inigo Montoya, do challenge you, coward, pig, killer, ass, fool, to battle.
~ William Goldman
The next morning, Inigo began the track-down. He had it all carefully prepared in his mind. He would find the six-fingered man. He would go up to him. He would say simply, "Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die," and then, oh then, the duel.
~ William Goldman
He would find the six-fingered man. He would go up to him. He would say simply, "Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die," and then, oh then, the duel.
~ William Goldman