He who LIVES by the sword dies by the swordOther 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. retribution
He that LIVES in hope dances to an ill tune1591 J. FLORIO Second Fruits 149 This argument of yours is lame and halting, but
doo not you knowe that. He that dooth liue in hope, dooth dance in narrowe scope. 1640
G. HERBERT Outlandish Proverbs no. 1006 Hee that lives in hope danceth without
musick. 1732 T. FULLER Gnomologia no. 2224 He that liveth in Hope, danceth without a
Fiddle. 1977 J. AIKEN Five Minute Marriage ii. ‘He that lives in hope danceth to an ill
tune,’ remarked Mrs. Andrews, who was full of proverbs. disappointment; hope and
despairHe LIVES long who lives well1553 T. WILSON Art of Rhetoric 45 V They lyued long enough, that have liued well
enough. 1642 T. FULLER Holy State I. vi. If he chance to die young, yet he lives long
that lives well. 1861 H. BONAR in Hymns of Faith & Hope 2nd Ser. 129 He liveth long
who liveth well! All other life is short and vain. 2007 India Today 12 Feb. 18 There’s a
proverb which says: ‘He lives long who lives well’. That was way before the days when
caloric intake, low fat, high fibre, stress-management and working out became lifestyle
mantras. lifeload see a SWARM in May is worth a load of hay.