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The truth is that war is not always pleasant. It is not easy for many to understand how it can be so, because they have never experienced it first hand. Even those who have experienced the horrors of war cannot fully grasp what it feels like until they have been there themselves. Similarly, you can't truly appreciate life until you have lived through a great loss or suffered great hardship. You can only know what true happiness feels like when you have felt deep despair.
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