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Our admiration is so given to dead martyrs that we have little time for living heroes.
Our admiration is so given to dead martyrs that we have little time for living heroes.
Young blood must have its course, lad, and every dog its day.
Young blood must have its course, lad, and every dog its day.
Blood cannot be washed out with blood.
Blood cannot be washed out with blood.
 Which is worse? the wolf who cries before
eating the lamb or the wolf who does not.  
 Which is worse? the wolf who cries before
eating the lamb or the wolf who does not. 
Blood alone moves the wheels of history.
Blood alone moves the wheels of history.
A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood.
A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood.
The thorn from the bush one has planted, nourished and pruned pricks more deeply and draws more blood.
The thorn from the bush one has planted, nourished and pruned pricks more deeply and draws more blood.
 By the far bridge
many a spent cartridge
Cheney killed 81 birds that day
but in the pear tree
survived read more 
 By the far bridge
many a spent cartridge
Cheney killed 81 birds that day
but in the pear tree
survived ......
the partridge. 
A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.
A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.