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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.
A scholar's ink lasts longer than a martyr's blood.
A scholar's ink lasts longer than a martyr's blood.
Music is not written in red, white and blue. It is written in the heart's blood of the composer.
Music is not written in red, white and blue. It is written in the heart's blood of the composer.
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 will tell, but often it tells too much.
Blood will tell, but often it tells too much.
Young blood must have its course, lad, and every dog its day.
Young blood must have its course, lad, and every dog its day.
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.
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.
