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Blood will tell, but often it tells too much.
Blood will tell, but often it tells too much.
A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood.
A pint of sweat will save a gallon of 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 cannot be washed out with blood.
Blood cannot be washed out with 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.
Blood is a cleansing and sanctifying thing, and the nation that regards it as the final horror has lost its read more
Blood is a cleansing and sanctifying thing, and the nation that regards it as the final horror has lost its manhood ... there are many things more horrible than bloodshed, and slavery is one of them!
A scholar's ink lasts longer than a martyr's blood.
A scholar's ink lasts longer than a martyr's 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. 
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.".