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A scholar's ink lasts longer than a martyr's blood.
A scholar's ink lasts longer than a martyr's blood.
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 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 pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood.
A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood.
Blood will tell, but often it tells too much.
Blood will tell, but often it tells too much.
The future can be anything we want it to be, providing we have the faith and that we realize that read more
The future can be anything we want it to be, providing we have the faith and that we realize that peace, no less than war, required "blood and sweat and tears.".
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.