We bleed, we tremble, we forget, we smile -
The mind turns fool, before the cheek is dry. [ Young ]
Carcasses bleed at the sight of the murderer. [ Burton ]
As this auspicious day began the race
Of every virtue join'd with every grace;
May you, who own them, welcome its return,
Till excellence, like yours, again is born.
The years we wish, will half your charms impair;
The years we wish the better half will spare;
The victims of your eyes will bleed no more,
But all the beauties of your mind adore. [ Jeffrey ]
It is not the back, but the heart, that must bleed for sin. [ South ]
Believe these tears, which from my wounded heart bleed at my eyes. [ Dryden ]
If there's delight in love, 'tis when I see the heart which others bleed for bleed for me. [ Congreve ]
... whether we are black, or brown, or white, we all bleed the same red blood of patriots. [ President Donald J. Trump, Presidential Inaugeration Speech, Jan 20, 2017 ]
If I for my opinion bleed, opinion shall be surgeon to my hurt, and keep me on the side where still I am [ William Shakespeare ]
The thorns which I have reap'd are of the tree I planted, - they have torn me, and I bleed: I should have known what fruit would spring from such a seed. [ Byron ]
And this is woman's fate: all her affections are called into life by winning flatteries, and then thrown back upon themselves to perish; and her heart, her trusting heart, filled with weak tenderness, is left to bleed or, break. [ L. E. Landon ]