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No one need think that the world can be ruled without blood. The civil sword shall and must be red read more
No one need think that the world can be ruled without blood. The civil sword shall and must be red and bloody.
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.
The best blood will at some time get into a fool or a mosquito.
The best blood will at some time get into a fool or a mosquito.
The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.
The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.
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.
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.
Although prepared for martyrdom, I prefer that it be postponed.
Although prepared for martyrdom, I prefer that it be postponed.
Peace, above all things, is to be desired, but blood must sometimes be spilled to obtain it on equable and read more
Peace, above all things, is to be desired, but blood must sometimes be spilled to obtain it on equable and lasting terms.
