“Who is stronger: the one who gives the blow, or the one who endures it?”
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“The quicker humanity advances, the more important it is to be the one who deals the first blow.”
Ernst Kaltenbrunner (1903–1946) Austrian-born senior official of Nazi Germany executed for war crimes
To Leon Goldensohn, 6/6/46, from "The Nuremberg Interviews" by Leon Goldensohn, Robert Gellately - Page 151 - History - 2004
“And who am I to blow against the wind?”
David Levithan (1972) American author and editor
Source: Dash & Lily's Book of Dares
“The heart of a woman who loves will forgive many blows.”
Agatha Christie book Murder on the links
Source: The Murder on the Links
“For a deadly blow let him pay with a deadly blow; it is for him who has done a deed to suffer.”
Aeschylus The Libation Bearers
Source: Oresteia (458 BC), The Libation Bearers, line 312
Ogden Nash (1902–1971) American poet
I'm a Stranger Here Myself (1938), I Have It On Good Authority
Context: There are two kinds of people who blow through life like a breeze,
And one kind is gossipers, and the other kind is gossipees,
And they certainly annoy each other,
But they certainly enjoy each other,
Yes, they pretend to flout each other,
But they couldn't do without each other...
“Yo, Dekko, who do I gotta blow around here to get a shower?”
Kresley Cole American writer
Source: Dreams of a Dark Warrior