“I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.”
Winston S. Churchill (1874–1965) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Source: The Second World War: Alone
“There comes a point when you have to realize that the sum of all your blood, sweat, and tears will ultimately amount to zero.”
— Max Brooks, book World War Z
Source: World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
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