They wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die for one's 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
They wrote in the old days that it is sweet...
They wrote in the old days that it is sweet...
They wrote in the old days that it is sweet...
They wrote in the old days that it is sweet...
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"They wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die for one's country. But in modern war, there is nothing sweet nor fitting in your dying. You will die like a dog for no good reason." - A.E. Hotchner. The quote talks about how people died for their country in the past and that you can still die for your country but it is not always the clean and noble death that most people expect.

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