“Death is the universal salt of states; Blood is the base of all things--law and war.” WarStatesLawDeathBloodAll ThingsUniversalSalt Book:Festus: a poem Source: Festus: a poem
“But when once the earth has sucked up a dead man's blood, there is no way to raise him up.” MenWayEarthDeathBloodRaisesDead Man Author:Aeschylus
“Her lips were red, her looks were free, Her locks were yellow as gold: Her skin was white as leprosy, The Nightmare Life-in-Death was she, Who thicks man's blood with cold.” MenLooksDeathWhiteBloodColdRedGoldSkinsLipsNightmareYellowLocksLeprosy Author:Samuel Taylor Coleridge