Quote by Ernest Hemingway
They wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die for

They wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die for ones country. But in modern war, there is nothing sweet nor fitting in your dying. You will die like a dog for no good reason. – Ernest Hemingway

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