“Leopards break into the temple and drink the sacrificial chalices dry; this occurs repeatedly, again and again; finally it can be reckoned upon beforehand and becomes part of the ceremony”
Franz Kafka
“ALTAR, n. The place whereupon the priest formerly raveled out the small intestine of the sacrificial victim for purposes of divination and cooked its flesh for the gods. The word is now seldom used, except with reference to the sacrifice of their liberty and peace by a male and a female tool.They stood before the altar and supplied The fire themselves in which their fat was fried. In vain the sacrifice! --no god will claim An offering burnt with an unholy flame. --M.P. Nopput”
Ambrose Bierce
“We have candidates for seven of the nine races. None of these candidates are sacrificial lambs. They can all win.”
Lachlan McIntosh
“They're really kind of a sacrificial front line â?¦. (But that's) vital in the fact it protects the infrastructure behind it.”
Jeff Warren
“It looks to me like Mary is being used as a sacrificial lamb.”
Larry Johnson
“The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.”
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