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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 pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood.
A pint of sweat will save a gallon of 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. 
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.
 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 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!
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.
Blood alone moves the wheels of history.
Blood alone moves the wheels of history.