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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.
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.
Young blood must have its course, lad, and every dog its day.
Young blood must have its course, lad, and every dog its day.
'Dying for an idea,' again, sounds well enough, but why not let the idea die instead of you?
'Dying for an idea,' again, sounds well enough, but why not let the idea die instead of you?
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.
Martyrs are needed to create incidents. Incidents are needed to create revolutions. Revolutions are needed to create progress.
Martyrs are needed to create incidents. Incidents are needed to create revolutions. Revolutions are needed to create progress.
A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.
A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.
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.
Blood cannot be washed out with blood.
Blood cannot be washed out with blood.